And somehow, through all of this, she managed to keep both carpet slippers on.
Must be a cantrip, I can’t sit still in a chair without losing at least one.
You imbue the subject with magical energy in their feet, that allows the subject to willingly keep footwear attached to their feet, if they so desire. The footwear can be removed via a Strength check for the remover vs a Wisdom check for the person with the footwear. Curiously, this cantrip can be reversed and is an innate spell casting ability of toddlers to use this reverse cantrip. Unfortunately, for the toddlers, they lose this innate spell casting ability as they age and must become a spellcaster to reacquire access to this cantrip.
(waking up the attack neck-bear) Oh, that’s Diablo Edition generation way, all right. “If it’s less than a fireball, it’s a cantrip” and speshul spells working as suspenders specifically for linen pants (and then classes specialized on a single spell… even joke classes for Basic from Dragon magazine did not have this kind of nonsense).
The Auld Scool approach would be to research a variant of Cling (or even Adhesion, for really obscure AD&D1 era goodness) with reduced strength as a trade-off for increased duration. So it would be a 1-level spell, but for a day and with boatload of applications.
;]
The simple reason for your problems can be summed up in one word: “Glamdring.” Gandalf might have been the greatest wizard in middle earth, but his go-to weapon was still an enchanted sword. Consider that, as a savvy negotiator, he could easily have strengthened his bonds with his allies by offering the sword as a gift to a stalwart warrior, but instead, he kept it for himself.
Modern wizards would easily part with such a blade; they rely on their spells and spell items, such as staves and wands. However, being more dependent on spells, both for protection, and as their primary means of attack, means that “wasting” a spell slot with a utility spell becomes much more of a problem. Much is lost in the area of pure magical research due to the fact that wizards now must rely on such wasteful overuse of battle magics; unfortunately, the turning ratchet of the magical arms race seems to go only one way.
Your objection is thus a throwback to a better time, one in which spells were developed due to curiosity, wonder, or the sheer joy of exploring a budding field of knowledge. Sadly, the era of “magic as a tool” is upon us, to the point where, instead of learning magic to understand the universe, students may specialize as narrowly as upon a single spell. We are all poorer for such a travesty.
Long life line. Strong line for resilience, must be quite impervious to illnesses. The lines for social skills are quite light, I’m afraid it doesn’t have many friends. People are seeking it when they need someone to shelter them, but don’t care much about its sentiments.
Quite a strong line for luck.
(crash)
Ah, that’s cheating. Whenever it is smashing the ground, it is increasing the length and width of its luck line. Does it take itself for a adventurous sailor from Malte?
Now I wonder if this whole thing is a gambit on moving the seat of power for the realm. Does having the king’s castle in one’s own barony give one increased influence or title within the kingdom?
At this point, both the poison-tipped ballasta and the drained moat are looking like red herrings. Unless the castle was preventing something underground from rising to the surface.
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And somehow, through all of this, she managed to keep both carpet slippers on.
Must be a cantrip, I can’t sit still in a chair without losing at least one.
Gecko Feet
Level: Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, Sor/Wiz 0
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: 1 hour
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
You imbue the subject with magical energy in their feet, that allows the subject to willingly keep footwear attached to their feet, if they so desire. The footwear can be removed via a Strength check for the remover vs a Wisdom check for the person with the footwear. Curiously, this cantrip can be reversed and is an innate spell casting ability of toddlers to use this reverse cantrip. Unfortunately, for the toddlers, they lose this innate spell casting ability as they age and must become a spellcaster to reacquire access to this cantrip.
(waking up the attack neck-bear) Oh, that’s Diablo Edition generation way, all right. “If it’s less than a fireball, it’s a cantrip” and speshul spells working as suspenders specifically for linen pants (and then classes specialized on a single spell… even joke classes for Basic from Dragon magazine did not have this kind of nonsense).
The Auld Scool approach would be to research a variant of Cling (or even Adhesion, for really obscure AD&D1 era goodness) with reduced strength as a trade-off for increased duration. So it would be a 1-level spell, but for a day and with boatload of applications.
;]
The simple reason for your problems can be summed up in one word: “Glamdring.” Gandalf might have been the greatest wizard in middle earth, but his go-to weapon was still an enchanted sword. Consider that, as a savvy negotiator, he could easily have strengthened his bonds with his allies by offering the sword as a gift to a stalwart warrior, but instead, he kept it for himself.
Modern wizards would easily part with such a blade; they rely on their spells and spell items, such as staves and wands. However, being more dependent on spells, both for protection, and as their primary means of attack, means that “wasting” a spell slot with a utility spell becomes much more of a problem. Much is lost in the area of pure magical research due to the fact that wizards now must rely on such wasteful overuse of battle magics; unfortunately, the turning ratchet of the magical arms race seems to go only one way.
Your objection is thus a throwback to a better time, one in which spells were developed due to curiosity, wonder, or the sheer joy of exploring a budding field of knowledge. Sadly, the era of “magic as a tool” is upon us, to the point where, instead of learning magic to understand the universe, students may specialize as narrowly as upon a single spell. We are all poorer for such a travesty.
applause
Truly magnificent!
Swords…because eventually, wizards run out of spells and bows run out of arrows
Looks more like a D&D cantrip to me, no A, no 2, no 3, no 3.5, no 5, just D&D, (house rules) 😉
Mind you, the castle is leaving with her day clothes.
along with the armoury, and the treasury and everyone else’s day clothes.
I think she cares more about her day clothes. And her breakfast, of course.
The Slippers of Inverted Spider Climbing take some getting used to, but they’re good at what they do.
Perhaps magical slippers resize themselves for the wearer in a way that keeps them very snugly no matter what?
Yes, Cube is -that- fast
In frame 1, you can see the castle’s palm. It just looks like a smiling face, to me, but experienced palm readers can probably read its future.
I can try…
Long life line. Strong line for resilience, must be quite impervious to illnesses. The lines for social skills are quite light, I’m afraid it doesn’t have many friends. People are seeking it when they need someone to shelter them, but don’t care much about its sentiments.
Quite a strong line for luck.
(crash)
Ah, that’s cheating. Whenever it is smashing the ground, it is increasing the length and width of its luck line. Does it take itself for a adventurous sailor from Malte?
Right now, I think the castle golem is looking to have its palm *red*.
I love how expressive Cube is.
As someone who can’t draw faces well, I’m really impressed at how much he can convey with blank sides.
Cube looks positively paternal. I guess Dorilys is the little green girl he never had.
Cube does have a wife and kids though. There was a family portrait.
There was?
I don’t remember a family portrait, just a wedding frame, in Missives #2.
It rushes to meet its future owner, who is also a powerful mage.
Baba Yaga needs a bigger place.
No chicken feet? Send it back, I’m not paying for this kind of shoddy workmanship.
The castle is really thirsty. It’s heading for the sea so it can have a drink.
It’s on the lookout for that climbing twink with the horse.
Now I wonder if this whole thing is a gambit on moving the seat of power for the realm. Does having the king’s castle in one’s own barony give one increased influence or title within the kingdom?
At this point, both the poison-tipped ballasta and the drained moat are looking like red herrings. Unless the castle was preventing something underground from rising to the surface.
Or the baron’s just using it for a REALLY big game of chess.
I wonder if Presti’s middle name is Classy….