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Re: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
Richard,
I don't have my books handy either. So this is off the top of my head.
:o)
As I understand it in TFT:AW ...
Ferrous metals (Iron and steel) inhibit the use of magic.
A wizard casting a spell whilst encumbered with iron or steel is at -4DX.
Non-ferrous metals and other materials generally don't inhibit magic use.
So bronze, copper, gold, silver, mithril, etc. items are okay for wizards to carry.
Note some of these metals are less effective for weapon manufacture.
A wizard casting a spell whilst encumbered with iron or steel is at -4DX.
i) I think the penalty only applies to magic use.
ii) I don't think it was ever stated how much iron or steel it takes to effect casting.
Presumably a wizard with sword talent could fence with an iron/steel sword (or an illusion of an iron/steel sword) without penalty but would be advised to lay it down before spell casting.
A spell or enchantment can be cast on an iron or steel item such as a sword without penalty. Also a wizard could create an illusion of an iron item without penalty.
I like the silver Naginata too. In my campaign world there is no China or Japan, oriental weaponry from AM tends to be asociated with Goblins. The naginata is known as a goblin sword-spear and they can use Fencing with it!
Back to staffs.
Some house-rule enhancements for the staff spell include;
A staff extends a wizards touch for casting thrown spells.
i.e. no range penalty if the wizard can touch the target with their staff.
It just occurred to me that the wizard could use hammer touch with their staff...
A wizard is always aware of his staff.
e.g. if someone picks up the staff whilst the wizard is absent, the wizard will know about it and can will the staff to harm (or not).
A staff can act as a strength battery upto the wizard's base strength.
Have fun,
Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lifeisfun@aol.com
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:15:46 -0400
>
>
> I don't have my books with me where I am, but there is a
> significant penalty for casting spells while equipping non-silver
> items.? So, it would be hard to cast the spell to create the
> wizard's staff.? But, I seem to recall it mentioning that the
> damage bonuses don't stack on the item anyway.?
>
> I'd cast it on a naginata anyway, if I had to choose a silver pole
> weapon.? I would rule that the damage of the weapon supercedes the
> damage of the spell if it is greater.? The point of the wizard's
> staff spell is that a wizard with the spell is never without an
> equipable magic weapon.? A small twig can become a formidable
> weapon, or trap.? But, if you don't want anyone else using your
> weapon, then it's a pretty good spell to cast on it.
>
> Good Fortune,
> Richard
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nicole <chris_nicole@operamail.com>
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Sent: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:36 am
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
>
>
>
> The pole weapon could be made of iron, and that does not effect the chance of
> casting staff on it. Any item made of iron will effect the Adj Dx
> of the wizard
> wielding it.
>
> Possible Exception ?
> If the character casting the staff spell is not a wizard.
> e.g a Hero that spent 3 talent points to learn staff...
>
> I'm not sure if anyone could cast staff from a scroll, or if the
> resulting staff
> would only be loyal to the wizard that created the scroll ?
> There's a wicked part of me that sees the potential for a trick/trap here.
>
> I would allow a wizard to cast staff from a book. As a careful wizard might
> conceivably only ever need to cast staff once in their life time it seems
> excessive to demand they have to learn it permanently.
>
> In my campaign world there is a staff ceremony when an apprentice graduates to
> journeyman wizard. They create their staff in the presence of their
> Master(s) or
> the Guild. The staff is regarded as the emblem of a Wizard. Much
> more so than a
> pointy hat with stars on it, but that helps too...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: lifeisfun@aol.com
> > To: tft@brainiac.com
> > Subject: Re: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
> > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:39:00 -0400
> >
> >
> > 4. The pole weapon must be made of silver, which is not a very
> > good metal for an axe, it's fine for a spear.? Very hard to keep
> > sharp.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Nicole <chris_nicole@operamail.com>
> > To: tft@brainiac.com
> > Sent: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 5:56 am
> > Subject: Re: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Edward Villarreal" <edwardv@gmail.com>
> > > To: tft@brainiac.com
> > > Subject: (TFT) Staff and Pole Ax
> > > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:45 -0500
> > >
> > >
> > > Can the Staff spell be cast on a Pole Ax, if it can how much damage does it
> > > do?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Bear in mind the following:
> > 1) Only the wizard that cast the staff spell can use that item as a staff. A
> > wizard can not create a staff for someone else. Others can pick
> > it up and use it
> > with the wizar
> ds permission but don't get the zap.
> >
> > 2) A wizard may only have one staff at a time. You cannot create a bundle of
> > staffs to use as magic boobytraps or exploding arrows.
> >
> > 3) The staff spell allows the wizard to wield his staff as a
> > club. (The wizard
> > dosn't require a weapon talent to use their staff as a club.) If
> > staff is cast
> > on a weapon, the wizard will require the appropriate weapon
> > talent to use their
> > staff as that weapon type or else suffer a -4 DX penalty for unfamiliarity.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > Chris Nicole
> > www.loran.karoo.net/tft
> > =====
Chris Nicole
www.loran.karoo.net/
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