Juodas Varnas Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Necromancy above all other magicks though. (mostly because i'm an absolute edgelord) For which you use electrical impulses to move the corpse's muscles, and ice magic because... liches? Not sure what Ice magic has to do with Liches (apart from the fact that Liches are the coolest ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerekKruger Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 For which you use electrical impulses to move the corpse's muscles, and ice magic because... liches? No no, ice magic because dead bodies are cold obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lephys Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Yeah, that was why I ended that with a question mark. It was partially a stretch for me to justify my 2 favorite magic types still being the best even with necromancy (was mainly being silly), and partially that ice magic is often associated with any magical undead (freezing grasp, or just liches with their ice magic, etc.). I guess the whole lack of body heat thing means that they're naturally cold, so if they had magic, it would be more attenuated with coldness? *shrug*. It kinda makes sense, but doesn't really mean that if you're undead you HAVE to have ice magic. Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesevillain Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) I thought cold and necromancy were associated because freezing and death are both types of entropy...? Edited December 15, 2017 by cheesevillain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I thought cold and necromancy were associated because freezing and death are both types of entropy...? Although I've heard it argued that life itself actually increases entropy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerekKruger Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Although I've heard it argued that life itself actually increases entropy. Globally everything does. Locally life can be seen as decreasing entropy, but that decrease comes at the cost of a larger increase somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I should say, that life increases the rate of entropy by life's actions and present. While life itself decreases entropy, it rapidly increases the entropy of it's surrounding environment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarack21 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I do like Lightning and electricity attacks, always go for them over Fire and Frost when given a choice. Lightning and frost will always reign supreme. Necromancy above all other magicks though. (mostly because i'm an absolute edgelord) You know, I keep trying to leave necromancy, but no matter what I do it keeps bringing me back. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sannom Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I thought cold and necromancy were associated because freezing and death are both types of entropy...? I don't think so. The main instance I can thing of in which Liches were connected to necromancy and cold is Warcraft 3, and that was because their creator just so happened to be stuck in a frozen throne in the coldest part of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anameforobsidian Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I thought cold and necromancy were associated because freezing and death are both types of entropy...? I don't think so. The main instance I can thing of in which Liches were connected to necromancy and cold is Warcraft 3, and that was because their creator just so happened to be stuck in a frozen throne in the coldest part of the world. It goes earlier than that. Chill touch in BG1 is a necromancy spell. Chill of the grave and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juodas Varnas Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I thought cold and necromancy were associated because freezing and death are both types of entropy...? I don't think so. The main instance I can thing of in which Liches were connected to necromancy and cold is Warcraft 3, and that was because their creator just so happened to be stuck in a frozen throne in the coldest part of the world. It goes earlier than that. Chill touch in BG1 is a necromancy spell. Chill of the grave and all that. But Chill touch wasn't a 'frost' spell per say, it dealt necrotic damage, did it not? Less about 'brrrrr it's cold' and more about 'ghostly hand poking you in the eye' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blotter Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 But Chill touch wasn't a 'frost' spell per say, it dealt necrotic damage, did it not? Less about 'brrrrr it's cold' and more about 'ghostly hand poking you in the eye' Yeah, they didn't actually use the term "necrotic damage" to describe the specific damage type until 4th edition and after, but you're right that Chill Touch doesn't actually inflict cold damage. The caster channels negative energy to disrupt the target's life force or spook undead (though the latter part didn't carry over into 5e). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Trinkets for non-Wizards have been cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerekKruger Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Trinkets for non-Wizards have been cut. In of itself this isn't a big deal, though I wouldn't have minded seeing a few others: holy symbols for Priests, instruments for Chanters. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 That's a bit of a shame, yeah. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Trinkets for non-Wizards have been cut. Odd... I feel, like wizards, a few classes could lean on a trinket-like item. Certainly not all need to. I think having partially fulfilled layers of classes that differ is what makes things interesting in class based systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Trinkets for non-Wizards have been cut. Odd... I feel, like wizards, a few classes could lean on a trinket-like item. Certainly not all need to. I think having partially fulfilled layers of classes that differ is what makes things interesting in class based systems. I don't see it as that odd. Grimoires were central to the Wizard class from day 1, providing a significant portion of the class's power and flavor. The other classes (so far) aren't structured around an item like that. What class functions do you take away and ensconce instead in an item? And, if you do make the trinkets that powerful across-the-board, then you have the problem of ensuring that each class (and, in some cases, each flavor of each class) has access to appropriately leveled trinkets throughout the game. If, on the other hand, you make the effects of non-grimoire trinkets comparably small, well, why bother with all that extra work? If it's just another equipment slot that you can fill with a +5 Deflection item (or whatever), well, you can get similar class-flavor effects just by having some exclusive hats or belts (soulbound or otherwise). It would've been nice and neat to have the classes all have parallel equipment slots, but I get why they decided that this was a lower-priority feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Googoly-eyed "Guard" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blotter Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Playtime with a highly realistic hanging corpse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Playtime with a highly realistic hanging corpse. Now that's what I call a stiff! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaColombo Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/944335124316880896 5 "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gz33 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/944335124316880896 That is a *very* angry looking angler fish. I wonder what the player did to upset it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Trinkets for non-Wizards have been cut. Odd... I feel, like wizards, a few classes could lean on a trinket-like item. Certainly not all need to. I think having partially fulfilled layers of classes that differ is what makes things interesting in class based systems. I don't see it as that odd. Grimoires were central to the Wizard class from day 1, providing a significant portion of the class's power and flavor. The other classes (so far) aren't structured around an item like that. What class functions do you take away and ensconce instead in an item? And, if you do make the trinkets that powerful across-the-board, then you have the problem of ensuring that each class (and, in some cases, each flavor of each class) has access to appropriately leveled trinkets throughout the game. If, on the other hand, you make the effects of non-grimoire trinkets comparably small, well, why bother with all that extra work? If it's just another equipment slot that you can fill with a +5 Deflection item (or whatever), well, you can get similar class-flavor effects just by having some exclusive hats or belts (soulbound or otherwise). It would've been nice and neat to have the classes all have parallel equipment slots, but I get why they decided that this was a lower-priority feature. My understanding is that equipment slots are restricted to specific bonuses now, so a trinket slot could be more flexible and generic. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Playtime with a highly realistic hanging corpse. Now that's what I call a stiff! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaColombo Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/946521701050851328 3 "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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