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Bounces 11-08-06, 04:29 PM	I was reading through some old waterdeep news when I came across this story (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/wdn/20060719a). I think this sounds like alot of fun to put in a game...but I am wondering...mechanically speaking how would you create a backlash scroll that essentially casts a spell (say monsum 9) without the person reading the scroll aware of it? EDIT: changed a word to be more what I wanted to ask... (a instead of the) EDIT2.0: gonna crosspost to what's a DM to do...since it fits there to...maybe someone there will have an answer.
Seeker95 11-09-06, 09:30 AM	mechanically speaking how would you create a backlash scroll that essentially casts a spell (say monsum 9) without the person reading the scroll aware of it?DM fiat. Simply let the scroll work that way. If a player wants to try this, they are essentially creating a cursed scroll, with bestow curse intentionally used on the item.
Kyuketsukiouji 11-09-06, 09:38 AM	Seeker's suggestion sounds good to me, though I tend to dislike "dm fiat" when there are mechanisms around to use. Craft Scroll, Craft Wondrous Item, Bestow Curse, any other spell. There you go.
Bounces 11-09-06, 09:54 AM	I agree with you about DM Fiat Kyu... Rule 0 is there just like nuclear weapons, or the ancient weapon on Dekara (nerdy stargate reference, sorry) is there...it is there to NOT be used. But I do think that bestow curse in conjunction with the backlash spell works...Thanks!
Damned slayer 11-09-06, 03:20 PM	just make a mage create a new spell that is about the samething that the one you want to put on the scroll except that it has a backlash you could just boost that fireball but since its only minor changes the player might not notice the changes and think its fireball its still a 3rd level spell that do exactly as fireball but its 1d6/lvl +5d6 with a backlash of 2 constitution or whatever