Post originally by Tyrrell at 2005-01-10 06:55:03
Converted from Phorums BB System
"From the BerkList, it appears as if a there have been a number of unwelcome revisions. Rituals cannot be enchanted into a magical item, so most healing spells (which are now mostly all rituals) cannot be made into magical items. This means that healing potions are, strictly speaking, no longer possible (although fast-healing potions are possible).
Annoyingly, there isn’t anything on Hermetic Breakthroughs or Spell Optimisation, which were in the Fourth Edition Wizards Grimoire; I assume they will be in a supplement, but I’d have liked to have seen them as part of the core rules."
I was surprised that you called the spells chapter the heart of the book and not the lab chapter. Then I read that you didn't use the lab chapter much and it became clear to me that you were having honest to goodness bad wrong fun with my favorate game.
First of all from the berklist I gather that most people think that the revisions to the lab chapter are great triumph.
The only reason anyone has so-far claimed to be upset about the no rituals restriction in item creation (which has been a restriction since first edition)is that permanent instant healing is now classified as a ritual. Many people apparently manufactured healing potions. If you don't wish to manufacture healing potions then you'll have no problems. If you do, then you'll have to house rule.
I've never heard of anyone useing the spell optimization guidlines. (Clearly, you should have been using the lab chapter instead
). I'm not sure that the optimization option makes sense with the fifth edition replacement of spell texts with spell lab notes.
My opinion is that spell optimization should not take up room in the core book and perhaps should be completely subsummed into the new (very cool) spell mastery rules.
The breakthrough rules from WGRE are extraordinarily cool. However it is my opinion that game rules specifically concerning how one can alter the game other rules are also more appropriate for a suppliment than for the core book.
Good review thanks much.
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