The Royal Artificery Society - OOC II: electric boogaloo

[DeTess]

@mrabdiel, do hurl some dice at me!

Shandara's spell accounts for a +2 circumstance bonus for now, but will grow to +5 with a bit of practice. Being able to see the crystal is a great boon. Not being able to really see the wood is something you need to get used to.

[MrAbdiel]

Well this inaugural effort is worth the use of my fantastical luck, I think. With the +8 from the luck, the +2 from the masterwork tools, the +2 from this novel magical aid...

(1d20+32)[51], with another +2 on top if you think a Tinker's Cap applies.

EDIT:

[DeTess]

51

You succeed, no ifs or buts about it. Describe it however awesomely you wish XD

[Prehysterical]

Well this inaugural effort is worth the use of my fantastical luck, I think. With the +8 from the luck, the +2 from the masterwork tools, the +2 from this novel magical aid...

[roll0], with another +2 on top if you think a Tinker's Cap applies.

EDIT:

"It's BEAUTIFUL- I mean, *cough cough*"

*struggling really hard not to read too much of Shandara and Aiden opening up about themselves* Bolten will learn in good time.

I'll get a post up inquiring the Fernhal Couriers so Aiden can engage with his treehugging commission.

[DeTess]

@prehysterical, the adress you find for the Couriers is just outside of the city (half an hour on foot past the northern gate, following the main road). Do you want to arrange any transport, or will you just go by foot?

[Prehysterical]

Bolten will call a carriage at that point and pay the fee.

[DeTess]

@windstruck, @mrabdiel, the block of spiritwood was broken up in about 28 wand blanks of varyign potenccy depending on whether it got one fo the main veins as cores (8) or had to do with smaller branching veins of crystal (20)

@prehysterical, your carriage fare is either 1 gold piece, or 3 gold pieces if you have them wait for you and take you back

[WindStruck]

Oh that's interesting. I thought there might be some blanks with no crystal at all!

[DeTess]

Oh that's interesting. I thought there might be some blanks with no crystal at all!

The crystal is pretty pervasive, but the ones without main veins do have a lot less

[DeTess]

I think the scene at Aiden's has run it's course, @mrabdiel, @windstruck? What will you do next?

@prehysterical, had you seen my IC post on the Fernhal compound?

[WindStruck]

I guess it's done. Sorry I'll get on something later today.

[DeTess]

@windstruck, 45 gp total price for a wand with three charges of featherfal. Using one of the lesser wands you could make a wand with 25 charges of a first level spel essentially for free.

Edit: though it will require a check is working with the wood is more difficult than standard reagents.

[MrAbdiel]

I think the scene at Aiden's has run it's course, @mrabdiel, @windstruck? What will you do next?

Yeah, I think we might be done there. Aiden and Shandara have shared secrets and may now need time to digest and consider them; I laid out that rooftop dinner scene mostly because it was in my head, not staging any additional revelations or big points, so I'm happy to move on.

As for Aiden, in between the now and the meeting at Escribano, Aiden's gotta get his harp on! So he's got work to do, and then it'll be time to see a man about a boat.

[DeTess]

I'll set that up soonish then, though I feel a little under the weather, so it might be a couple days before I can write a big post, sorry!

[MrAbdiel]

No problem boss, ready when you are. :D

[WindStruck]

Wands are reusable, right?

Like you can put charges into them, expend them, then put more charges into them?

[DeTess]

Wands are reusable, right?

Like you can put charges into them, expend them, then put more charges into them?

No. You could make a wand that naturally recharges (so a per day amount of castings, generally around 3), or a wand that depletes permanently and starts with up to 50 charges.

Those are the standard wands, at any rate. You could design a wand like you described, but it would be a bit more expensive than a standard depleting wand.

[WindStruck]

Hm. How long would it take to enchant one of the lesser wands, assuming Shandara passes the check? Also what is it, spellcraft?

[Prehysterical]

@prehysterical, had you seen my IC post on the Fernhal compound?

Yes, sorry. I've had field trips all week on top of allergy migraines. I will get a post up right now.

[WindStruck]

DeTess?

So it would probably take Shandara 1 day to make a standard wand with 3 charges because you essentially have to prepare those spells and then cast them into the wand, right? She has up to 3 level 1 wizard spells.

So what about the wands with crystal veins? You said the lesser variety would be free and get me 25 charges. Is that with the same amount of effort as the first wand I'm making? It would be nice if it also only took a day to make, but maybe that's a bit crazy?

Anyway I'm just looking for a timeframe of when this all gets completed. I think Shandara will still meet up with Ulrik in a few days.

[DeTess]

DeTess?

So it would probably take Shandara 1 day to make a standard wand with 3 charges because you essentially have to prepare those spells and then cast them into the wand, right? She has up to 3 level 1 wizard spells.

So what about the wands with crystal veins? You said the lesser variety would be free and get me 25 charges. Is that with the same amount of effort as the first wand I'm making? It would be nice if it also only took a day to make, but maybe that's a bit crazy?

Anyway I'm just looking for a timeframe of when this all gets completed. I think Shandara will still meet up with Ulrik in a few days.

Sorry, I'd missed your question. Yes, you can make a first level wand in a day, no problem.

[DeTess]

@windstruck, for future projects with the spiritwood I will be asking you to make a spellcraft roll for placing the enchantments. I'll let it pass this time around. You also wouldn't need to expend all the charges to know how many the wand has. Simple inspection after making the enchantments would tell you how many charges the wand has.

[WindStruck]

Oh sorry I forgot about the roll. spellcraft: (1d20+16)[19]

although. I could waste the charges just for the sake of science. What if the spirit wood causes whatever reading we normally get to also be inaccurate?

[DeTess]

I'm going to be on holiday for the next couple days, so posting will be very sporadic.