Slime Squisher
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Joined: Friday, 4th February 2011, 18:04
Location: The South, US
Improve Condensation Shield
Therefore I suggest two things to improve the usefulness of the spell. First, instead of using the Shields skill only in the SH calculations, use the average of Ice Skill and Shields Skill, assuming it provides approximately a buckler's worth of shielding. Second, allow the use of real shields during the spell, but add only a small fraction of the shielding CS would provide to the SH value (up to 5-8?).
If this is implemented, this would make CS useful, perhaps more useful than L4 spell has any right to be, so it might need to be moved to an L5 or L6 spell.
{Wiz Testing: Human. 15 Str, Int, Dex.
10 Spellcasting, Ice, Transmutations, 0 Shield - 11 SH
10 Spellcasting, 27 Ice, Transmutations, 0 Shield - 15 SH
10 Spellcasting, Ice, Transmutations, 10 Shield - 16 SH
10 Spellcasting, Ice, Transmutations, 27 Shield - 23 SH
10 Spellcasting, 27 Ice, Transmutations, 27 Shield - 27 SH (max. at this Int)
Also, +2 SH for every +5 Int}
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