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It's an arcanist version of a melee's gear repair.
Now, why even these mechanics that serve no other purpose than to lower QoL are even a thing would probably deserve a topic of its own, but at least this way it's fair(ish).

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AstralUniverse wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:48 am

nothing is stopping you from just ignoring this update altogether if you dont want to relevel

Sorc -relevel for this update wasn't optional

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Yeah, keen's become the standard - which wasn't really the case before. A little over a year ago, one could peddle off pure zardazik shards for 2,000,000 gold coins because a keened MD weapon was still pretty much the BiS. Masterwork blade runes and pure zardazik shards became more common + we've re...

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yes, but if we forced dispel CL from consumables to respect their item caster level, consumable buffs wouldn't be viable anymore. it would kill mundane builds. you would see them losing every buff to Lesser Dispel. mundanes rely on buffs just as much as any caster, but the result would be that gish...

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that was also defined in beamdog's codebase before UCL was fully implemented and then further reiterated just recently. this was a balance decision made a while ago to keep mundanes from losing all their buffs to weak dispels and this is still what would happen if we changed this. you'll notice spe...

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Particularly, Scurvy Cur wrote the explanation very well. https://forum.nwnarelith.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=31543&p=248450 That's not the bug I was talking about. The actual formula is: 1d20 + dispel's caster level vs. 11 + creator's effective level. Creator's effective level being: The current cas...

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re: evil settlements. Arcane Tower should be in the mix of that discussion. The rewards of being an Arcane Tower member should outweigh the fact you have to rub shoulders with someone in the land of magical ethics you don't really agree with. I've always seen a strong Tower when it has balances the...

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items have a caster level attached to them, and you can see them by examining the item. that UCL exceeds the caster level given by the item is full stop a bug that was just never fixed that CL vs dispel exceeds caster level given by the item is full stop a bug that was just never fixed too I'm sure...

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It's not just saves. Runes allow for 4-stat gearing. This greatly increases the value of double-dipping features that now instead of a trade-off represent pure synergy. Yes, I am talking about the good old Divine Shield/Might that in many builds represents +10 to +14 AC/dmg for a mere 3 lvl dip, whi...

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So a Create Greater Undead scroll would produce T4 undead?
If the idea is to force necromancers to resort to Gate and Greater Planar Binding scrolls instead of staying on theme, then this sure would be one way to go about it...

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Vamps have around 26sr? Not generally - functional SR on Undead summons requires specific build choices: Pale Master: Undead summoned by a Pale Master have scaling spell resistance equal to 6 + Pale Master level. Undying Pact Warlock: Undead Summons get bonus SR equal to 6 + 1/2 Warlock levels. Sta...

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WoF make zero sense to me, coz i just eat it with my unlimited summons. ATM WoF exists mainly for saveless blindness and to answer Planar Conduit - which still threatens Player Character builds more than MDust summons. Furthermore, there are additional non-WoF answers to undead summons (turn/halt u...

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The PGCC Prismatic Dragon is super NOT representative of Arelith Live engame bosses - sure, it has 70 AC, but has only 700hp and lacks a lot of common immunities. It'd be also good not to get hung up on how low lvl the Animate Dead spell is - to get T6 undead summons out of it, a character needs to ...

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Mummy Dust is needed to get a T6 vamp off the Animate Dead spell

the vid says more about biteback than it does about the summon and its stats
most Arelith live bosses have regen, which the PGCC prismatic dragon doesn't have (so the biteback damage sticks)

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Why not move the Arcane Tower into the planes and make it a themed place for all arcane related stuff?
With primary focus on arcane study, all sort of mage types could kinda mingle there without the pollution of Prime politics.

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There might be a correlation between the state of the arcane tower and the popularity of the wiz / sorc classes.
It'd be also worth pointing out that the Arcane Tower used to be an actual guildhouse and now isn't.

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We really don't need to have a lengthy conversation here: are ship repair timers in place to limit player options during ship fights? Yes - Check can players behave in a way that allows them to circumvent 1.? Yes - Check are players cheesing 2. to force an unfair advantage? Yes - Check Have the Ship...

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Scenario: Ship A routs ship B into the local waters. Ship B instatntly fixes hull with the shipwright (Crow's/Guld) and can make it back to reengage ship A before that one even gets to start repairs. Ships have a PvP timer that disables on deck repairs - shipwright repairs should probably also be di...

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It's a pigment set that makes the stuff that the character paints with it real. It's not there to create landscape paintings. We've got plenty of options for that already - https://wiki.nwnarelith.com/Art_crafting#Fixture BTW this is the perfect endgame treasure - it's rare enough for people to show...

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Undead summons are in a much cleaner state than the rest of the summons right now. UCL makes their power level progression more seamless and level-range appropriate during leveling and their final versions really aren't overpowered. By comparison Conjuration summons are a mess: Summon creature line ...

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I don't see this as the carrot or the stick problem TBH. Loot situation set aside, we are already heavily incentivized to fly through the dungeons as fast as possible, because of: ward durations as Naghast pointed out the notion of "racing" somebody to the runic shrine Furthermore, every dungeon is ...

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So I suppose my suggestion to incentivise it would be to make it so that if you respawn all your jewlery and scrolls (with exception of maybe some naturally red listed ones, like ressurection scrolls) vanish from your jewlery box/scroll case. This means that soloing is a bit more risky. Thing is, p...

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Is overheal really something that even needs a VFX?

TBH it feels kinda backwards when buffs like death ward or negative energy protection give away no information whatsoever, but buffs that merely give some extra hp like overheal or premonition come with massive advertising signs.

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Sound lance is saveless, empowered MAv = 62.5
AoE is large enough to catch at least two enemies most of the time, so 2x62.5 dmg twice per round while hasted = 250 saveless damage split between two targets each round.

So technically even stronger than Withering Ray.

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Being able to infinispam empowered version of withering ray without any restrictions can clear most spawns by clicking practically any random spot on the ground for 2-4 rounds. Fireball has much smaller AoE, so careful targetting is actually relevant here (even if you can afford catching your toon/s...

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