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 Sep 30 2005, 08:03 PM
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 Multiclass F/C/M Forum Member Posts: 256 Joined: 17-October 04 From: Sweden  |
Hello!
I am at the moment unable to verify directly but I wonder if I remember well. Is it true that both in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 a magic user (both divine and arcane) can use wands or read scrolls with spells that are of much higher level than he/she could actually master ? In short, is it true that I can, example, read and start the effects of a Lightning Bolt scroll having a second level Mage read it ? If this is true, I think it would be definitely something that I'd like to see corrected. I don't know what the AD&D 2ed. says about this but I'd think it shouldn't be at all allowed. If instead I am just misremembering then sorry for the stupid question! 
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Oct 2 2005, 08:00 PM
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Multiclass F/C/M Forum Member Posts: 256 Joined: 17-October 04 From: Sweden |
Sir-Kill, I don't believe the comparison between magic and an instruction book about how to build a ship is fair because there is not empaty that it's needed to create something mundane while instead magic (both arcane and divine) goes beyond that.
It implies the intimate knowledge of an art that is unknown to the most and that doesn't belong to the ordinary world. It's not enough to read magic to understand and master a spell. A receptive mind is needed. A certain degree of knowledge is needed. It's not a simple repetition of a sequence of words that should trigger a successful enchantment. This is why I do believe that scrolls' comprehension shouldn't be allowed to those practitioner that can read magic but can't grasp its content. I hope Baronius will make me meet somebody who won't mind coding this for me. Eventually a release for TuTu and BG2 would cover all I'd like to see covered. 
This post has been edited by Salk: Oct 2 2005, 08:00 PM |
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