Quote from: Sable Wyvern;1020857Ok, it took me a while to work that one out. :cool:

Heh.

That's funny guys, but let's stick to the subject.

How does magic work?  I remember you mentioning that there are rolls involved.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1020884How does magic work?  I remember you mentioning that there are rolls involved.

Clerics have a brief list of the more common miraculous abilities (things like laying on hands, blessing, and -yes- turning undead). They can gain these miracles as they level up. When a cleric has all 8 of the miracles, he can then also pray directly for "Divine intervention". This will allow him to do any variety of things (assuming the divine is favorable).

Magic-users have a  number of different magical skills (astrology, battle magic, banishing, cures, talismans, summoning, true alchemy) each of which have a variety of techniques (types of cures, classes of talismans you can create, different alchemical formulas, etc). Magic users can gain these as they level.   While there are a small number of these that can be 'cast' spontaneously, most of them require lengthy rituals or special materials (often very costly), so there's preparation required in creating magical artifacts or preparing magical rituals.

In both cases, the success or failure of prayer or magical performance depends on a Prayer check or Magic check.This is a D20 roll modified by Wisdom for Clerics or Intelligence for magic-users, and by the level of the caster, against a difficulty number (the difficulty varies by the effect desired or the difficulty of the ritual).

Quote from: RPGPundit;1017625Currently Smoking: Lorenzetti Solitario Volcano + Blue Boar

It's pretty clear you're smoking Morleys, buddy. You should get your tinfoil hat refitted.

Quote from: Justin Alexander;1021377It's pretty clear you're smoking Morleys, buddy. You should get your tinfoil hat refitted.

Do you mean Cornell & Diehl's "Morley's Best"? That's a fine pipe tobacco.