Spellfire Effects [Archive] - Wizards Community

Spellfire Effects [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Terraneaux
03-28-07, 04:50 PM So I haven't really read any of the FR novels, except for some of the Drizzt books, and I've heard talk around here that spellfire as described in the novels is *much* more powerful than it is described in the rpg sourcebooks. Anyone care to clue me in? Thanks in advance.
Alac Luin
03-28-07, 07:20 PM Well, there is the novel Spellfire.

The 2ed rules were a better representation (though awkward rules) can be found in Volo's Guide to all Things Magical, which happens to be available for free on the wizards clasic download page for free.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads
Faraer
03-28-07, 08:00 PM Spellfire, as introduced in Spellfire and seen in its sequels Crown of Fire and Hand of Fire, is a plot device to make its low-level protagonist survivable so the book can travelogue over large parts of the Realms and show off the power groups who fight to steal her once-in-a-generation talent. Following requests, it was written up in diluted game terms in FR7 Hall of Heroes and Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, and the FRCS writeup is further recast by 3E game balance dogma, along with a justificatory sidebar. To exaggerate, it's a bit like D&Dizing the One Ring into rings of invisibility.
Terraneaux
03-29-07, 01:33 PM Yeah, I'm trying to find out a bit more of it, as I'm thinking of having an out-of-control spellfire wielder that the PCs have to put down as a situation/conflict, and was looking to find more out. So would you say that arbitrarily potent powers over magic at a "meta" level would be okay? Spamming MDJ and absorbing the power of spells dispelled in that way to shoot at people as spellfire?
He Who Lurks
04-05-07, 02:37 AM As I recall there is a prestige class designed around spellfire. It's called the Spellfire Hierophant or something like that. If you want, you could just stat up a baddie with that class. It does significantly improve the rather lackluster fear, though not anywhere near its novel portrayal.
Derren S.
04-06-07, 04:40 PM To exaggerate, it's a bit like D&Dizing the One Ring into rings of invisibility.

I call it turning down authors power fantasies for the sake of playability.
The Ubbergeek
04-07-07, 04:28 PM I call it turning down authors power fantasies for the sake of playability.

Kind of like toward some Ed Greenwood materials, like his original vison of Anchorome.
Dravial
04-08-07, 11:12 PM The spellfire wielder prestige class is Spellfire Channeler found in Magic of Faerun and there is an Epic The Spellfire Hierophant found in Player's Guide to Faerun.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Terraneaux 03-28-07, 04:50 PM	So I haven't really read any of the FR novels, except for some of the Drizzt books, and I've heard talk around here that spellfire as described in the novels is much more powerful than it is described in the rpg sourcebooks. Anyone care to clue me in? Thanks in advance.
Alac Luin 03-28-07, 07:20 PM	Well, there is the novel Spellfire. The 2ed rules were a better representation (though awkward rules) can be found in Volo's Guide to all Things Magical, which happens to be available for free on the wizards clasic download page for free. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads
Faraer 03-28-07, 08:00 PM	Spellfire, as introduced in Spellfire and seen in its sequels Crown of Fire and Hand of Fire, is a plot device to make its low-level protagonist survivable so the book can travelogue over large parts of the Realms and show off the power groups who fight to steal her once-in-a-generation talent. Following requests, it was written up in diluted game terms in FR7 Hall of Heroes and Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, and the FRCS writeup is further recast by 3E game balance dogma, along with a justificatory sidebar. To exaggerate, it's a bit like D&Dizing the One Ring into rings of invisibility.
Terraneaux 03-29-07, 01:33 PM	Yeah, I'm trying to find out a bit more of it, as I'm thinking of having an out-of-control spellfire wielder that the PCs have to put down as a situation/conflict, and was looking to find more out. So would you say that arbitrarily potent powers over magic at a "meta" level would be okay? Spamming MDJ and absorbing the power of spells dispelled in that way to shoot at people as spellfire?
He Who Lurks 04-05-07, 02:37 AM	As I recall there is a prestige class designed around spellfire. It's called the Spellfire Hierophant or something like that. If you want, you could just stat up a baddie with that class. It does significantly improve the rather lackluster fear, though not anywhere near its novel portrayal.
Derren S. 04-06-07, 04:40 PM	To exaggerate, it's a bit like D&Dizing the One Ring into rings of invisibility. I call it turning down authors power fantasies for the sake of playability.
The Ubbergeek 04-07-07, 04:28 PM	I call it turning down authors power fantasies for the sake of playability. Kind of like toward some Ed Greenwood materials, like his original vison of Anchorome.
Dravial 04-08-07, 11:12 PM	The spellfire wielder prestige class is Spellfire Channeler found in Magic of Faerun and there is an Epic The Spellfire Hierophant found in Player's Guide to Faerun.