Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

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Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by triaddraykin » Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:47 pm

Scry is the only Spell focus command whose failure to complete still costs components.

I've personally tested:
Illusion, sending fails for some reason (someone logs off is the only circumstance I know), no cost.
Conjuring, person refuses or there's a ward, no cost. Cost doesn't happen until the conjuration is accepted.

Others have tested transmutation, failure to teleport or create teleportation, no component cost.

There's another condition none of these cost components for as well: Having already used it the current rest. If used last login, or even forgot one scried a bit ago, you lose components. This is the only epic feat this happens on, and it's probably cost me a few pouches worth of components just since the last time I mentioned this.
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by FunkyDuck » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:42 pm

Has making teleports or teleporting ever costed components? I don't recall that.

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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by Jagel » Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:18 pm

Used to cost xp. Then components

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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by Diilicious » Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:33 am

well its scry, so somebody will probably chirp up that its a feature.
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by Artenides » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:04 am

Please allow me to have a look at this.
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by triaddraykin » Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:35 pm

I would suggest discussing it with Spyre, as we've talked about it and he knows where the issue is.
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by Artenides » Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:42 pm

I have already identified the root of the issue, waiting for the boss' permission that I can make the change. ;)
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by Artenides » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:09 am

This should be fixed now.
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Re: Is scrying failure component cost intentional?

Post by triaddraykin » Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:58 pm

Artenides wrote:
Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:09 am
This should be fixed now.
It's recently started costing components again on failure, and you have to rest once again if it fails. Something's changed.
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