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Salk
post Sep 30 2005, 08:03 PM
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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! cool.gif
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Baronius
post Oct 4 2005, 10:38 AM
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i am accepting this because this is the way magic has been portrayed in numerous fantasy settings, not just D&D.

It is the same. I accept something which I find logical in some way, which I find creative but not too arbitrary. And thus it is a question of personal taste: creativity and sticking with the traditions (mythology) are opposites, so everything depends on the individual.

And perhaps if I read the precise AD&D definitions (if such exist), I would accept it better, I don't know. smile.gif


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