“I have something similar used to swap out organs and body-parts on the fly. Saves ever so much time stitching up skin and tissue !! Why d’ja build it into a rod, tho ? Necklace works better, especially when you build it to clamp into the skin…”

Energy Transformation Field Transmutation Level: Sorcerer/wizard 7 Components: V, S, M, XP Casting Time: 4 rounds Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Area: 40-ft.-radius spread Duration: Permanent Saving Throw: None Spell Resistance: Yes You hold the eye in your palm, sprinkle it with blood and diamonds, and speak the words. Slowly it rises from your hand, emitting a soft beam that illuminates the chosen area. Then it disappears, and you place the spell within the magic trap. You create a lingering zone of transformative magic that absorbs magic energy from magic items or spellcasting and uses it to power another spell tied to that location. For example, you could have an energy transformation field tied to a summon monster V spell that would summon a monster when the field had absorbed enough magic. The field absorbs the magic of spells cast, spell-like or supernatural abilities that are activated, and magic items used within its dimensions. Each source of magic provides spell levels of energy to the field equal to the spell level of the effect used. Supernatural abilities that emulate spells provide energy equal to the spell level of the effect. Supernatural abilities that do not emulate spells provide energy equal to the HD of the creature using the ability. For example, a cast fireball spell or a charge from a wand of fireball would add three spell levels to the field’s store, a potion of cure light wounds would add one, and a wish from a ring of three wishes would add nine. Items that don’t have a clearly defined spell level (such as the effects of most rods) use the prerequisite caster level needed to create that item (so an immovable rod would provide two spell levels every time it was activated because of its levitate prerequisite). Effects that are absorbed give no indication of where the magic went; they simply vanish. The field absorbs only magic that is actually used within its area. Ongoing magical effects that enter the area, including spells cast from outside the area into the field or continually functioning items such as a +1 mace, are often visibly reduced, but do not have their actual effects hindered. For example, a continual flame would dim slightly, but its overall magic would not be affected. An energy transformation field has a single spell linked to it. When the field has absorbed spell levels equal to the spell level of its linked spell, it automatically casts that spell at a point within the field designated by you at the time of the casting of the field. This expends those absorbed spell levels (although unused levels remain until they are used or expire). The cast spell functions as if cast by you in terms of duration and all level-based spell effects. Absorbed spell levels fade at a rate of one per day if not used. The field automatically triggers its linked spell if it has enough stored spell levels and the duration of its previous casting has expired. If a linked spell requires concentration to maintain, the field expends one spell level for every hour of concentration (the field’s concentration is interrupted only by its complete destruction). Spells that require a target will target the living creature nearest to the field. Typical spells linked to an energy transformation fi eld are blindness/deafness, fireball, suggestion, summon monster, or wall of force. Spells that have a costly material component or an XP cost cannot be linked to a field, but those with a costly focus can if the focus object is present within the field (typically sealed into a wall or in a secret compartment). Only Mordenkainen’s disjunction, limited wish, wish, or similar spells can destroy the energy transformation field. Spells of lower level, such as dispel magic and greater dispel magic, are absorbed by it, and an antimagic field prevents it from absorbing magical energy within the field but does not otherwise hamper this spell. If two or more field spells share an overlapping area, each field has an equal chance of absorbing a spell effect in that area. Material Component: Three drops of your blood, an eye from any humanoid, and 5,000 gp worth of powdered diamond. XP Cost: 250 XP. Source Description: Spell Compendium

Templates Feycraft: Armor: reduces weight and ASF, grants a bonus to bluff checks. Weapon: reduces weight and size category. Fireshaped: Armor: bonus to saves vs. fire and heat effects. Weapon: deals bonus damage to creatures with the cold subtype. Githcraft: Armor: reduces ASF, grants a bonus to concentration checks. Weapon: deals bonus damage to psionic creatures. Gloryborn: Armor: bonus to AC when charging. Weapon: bonus to damage when charging. Hellforged: Armor: increases ACP and ASF, reduces MDB, grants bonus AC while adjacent to an ally. Weapon: deals bonus damage to targets that are flanked. Pitspawned: Armor: deals damage to melee attackers. Weapon: bonus to confirm crits. Soulforged: Armor: bonus to resist bullrushes or trip attempts. Weapon: bonus damage against a charging foe. All templates are published in Dungeon Master’s Guide II (DMG II), except: Dwarvencraft: increases an items hp, hardness, and break DC (this modifies a material, similar to a template). RoS Templates from Dragon Magazine #358 Acid Washed: bonus against acid, rust or distintegration Basket Hilt: bonus against disarm attempts Caster Armor: reduces ASF Enhanced Bracing: Bonus to damage when set against a charge Enviromentally Designed: Bonus to saving throws against harsh enviromental conditions(hot or cold) Folded Metal: Bonus to hardness Lightweight: makes armor lighter Long-Range: increases range increment of bows and crossbows Ornate: bonus to diplomancy or intimidate Perfect Balance: bonus to AC when taking the total defense action, melee weapon only Razor Sharp: extra damage on a bladed slashing weapon Reinforced: increased armor bonus and weight Resilient: extra hit points to the item Segmented: increases MDB Serrated: extra damage on a successful critical hit Vital Coverage: bonus to AC when opponent is confirming a critical Dragon Magazine Annual 5 “Breakaway” weapons: reduces carrying size; threat on natural 20 only Quicksilver/iron-filled: +2 damage maces, morningstars, hammers +2 damage, +1 damage for most other types

yeah - i think in NWN they built 'em into neverending charged rods… so my caster wound up blasting EVERYTHING with his ray of frost ;p took farking FOREVER to crack open a chest or kill any monster over level 2… but giving our Wand of Arcane Mark with unlimited charges to someone like Dregs would wind up with him autographing every block, building and paving stone in Vral with sigils - just to annoy Sorvani… one of these days V really needs to get the city a 2nd powerviner for dregs to play with… ;p

[Source: Mercenaries; AEG]

Expanded Strength Table. Score Modifier Light Load (lbs.) Medium Load (lbs.) Heavy Load (lbs.) Max Drag (lbs.) (no score) - - - - - 0 - 0 0 0 0 1 -5 0 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 10 50 2 -4 0 - 6 7 - 13 14 - 20 100 3 -4 0 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 150 4 -3 0 - 13 14 - 26 27 - 40 200 5 -3 0 - 16 17 - 33 34 - 50 250 6 -2 0 - 20 21 - 40 41 - 60 300 7 -2 0 - 23 24 - 46 47 - 70 350 8 -1 0 - 26 27 - 53 54 - 80 400 9 -1 0 - 30 31 - 60 61 - 90 450 10 0 0 - 33 34 - 66 67 - 100 500 11 0 0 - 38 39 - 76 77 - 115 575 12 1 0 - 43 44 - 86 87 - 130 650 13 1 0 - 50 51 - 100 101 - 150 750 14 2 0 - 58 59 - 116 117 - 175 875 15 2 0 - 66 67 - 133 134 - 200 1,000 16 3 0 - 76 77 - 153 154 - 230 1,150 17 3 0 - 86 87 - 173 174 - 260 1,300 18 4 0 - 100 101 - 200 201 - 300 1,500 19 4 0 - 116 117 - 233 234 - 350 1,750 20 5 0 - 133 134 - 266 267 - 400 2,000 21 5 0 - 153 154 - 306 307 - 460 2,300 22 6 0 - 173 174 - 346 347 - 520 2,600 23 6 0 - 200 201 - 400 401 - 600 3,000 24 7 0 - 233 234 - 466 467 - 700 3,500 25 7 0 - 266 267 - 533 534 - 800 4,000 26 8 0 - 306 307 - 613 614 - 920 4,600 27 8 0 - 346 347 - 693 694 - 1,040 5,200 28 9 0 - 400 401 - 800 801 - 1,200 6,000 29 9 0 - 466 467 - 933 934 - 1,400 7,000 30 10 0 - 532 533 - 1,066 1,067 - 1,600 8,000 31 10 0 - 612 613 - 1,224 1,225 - 1,840 9,200 32 11 0 - 692 693 - 1,384 1,385 - 2,080 10,400 33 11 0 - 800 801 - 1,600 1,601 - 2,400 12,000 34 12 0 - 932 933 - 1,864 1,865 - 2,800 14,000 35 12 0 - 1,064 1,065 - 2,132 2,133 - 3,200 16,000 36 13 0 - 1,224 1,225 - 2,452 2,453 - 3,680 18,400 37 13 0 - 1,384 1,385 - 2,772 2,773 - 4,160 20,800 38 14 0 - 1,600 1,601 - 3,200 3,201 - 4,800 24,000 39 14 0 - 1,864 1,865 - 3,732 3,733 - 5,600 28,000 40 15 0 - 2,128 2,129 - 4,264 4,265 - 6,400 32,000 41 15 0 - 2,448 2,449 - 4,896 4,897 - 7,360 36,800 42 16 0 - 2,768 2,769 - 5,536 5,537 - 8,320 41,600 43 16 0 - 3,200 3,201 - 6,400 6,401 - 9,600 48,000 44 17 0 - 3,728 3,729 - 7,456 7,457 - 11,200 56,000 45 17 0 - 4,256 4,257 - 8,528 8,529 - 12,800 64,000 46 18 0 - 4,896 4,897 - 9,808 9,809 - 14,720 73,600 47 18 0 - 5,536 5,537 - 11,088 11,089 - 16,640 83,200 48 19 0 - 6,400 6,401 - 12,800 12,801 - 19,200 96,000 49 19 0 - 7,456 7,457 - 14,928 14,929 - 22,400 112,000 50 20 0 - 8,512 8,513 - 17,056 17,057 - 25,600 128,000 51 20 0 - 9,792 9,793 - 19,584 19,585 - 29,440 147,200 52 21 0 - 11,072 11,073 - 22,144 22,145 - 33,280 166,400 53 21 0 - 12,800 12,801 - 25,600 25,601 - 38,400 192,000 54 22 0 - 14,912 14,913 - 29,824 29,825 - 44,800 224,000 55 22 0 - 17,024 17,025 - 34,112 34,113 - 51,200 256,000 56 23 0 - 19,584 19,585 - 39,232 39,233 - 58,880 294,400 57 23 0 - 22,144 22,145 - 44,352 44,353 - 66,560 332,800 58 24 0 - 25,600 25,601 - 51,200 51,201 - 76,800 384,000 59 24 0 - 29,824 29,825 - 59,712 59,713 - 89,600 448,000 60 25 0 - 34,048 34,049 - 68,224 68,225 - 102,400 512,000 61 25 0 - 39,168 39,169 - 78,336 78,337 - 117,760 588,800 62 26 0 - 44,288 44,289 - 88,576 88,577 - 133,120 665,600 63 26 0 - 51,200 51,201 - 102,400 102,401 - 153,600 768,000 64 27 0 - 59,648 59,649 - 119,296 119,297 - 179,200 896,000 65 27 0 - 68,096 68,097 - 136,448 136,449 - 204,800 1,024,000 66 28 0 - 78,336 78,337 - 156,928 156,929 - 235,520 1,177,600 67 28 0 - 88,576 88,577 - 177,408 177,409 - 266,240 1,331,200 68 29 0 - 102,400 102,401 - 204,800 204,801 - 307,200 1,536,000 69 29 0 - 119,296 119,297 - 238,848 238,849 - 358,400 1,792,000 70 30 0 - 136,192 136,193 - 272,896 272,897 - 409,600 2,048,000 71 30 0 - 156,672 156,673 - 313,344 313,345 - 471,040 2,355,200 72 31 0 - 177,152 177,153 - 354,304 354,305 - 532,480 2,662,400 73 31 0 - 204,800 204,801 - 409,600 409,601 - 614,400 3,072,000 74 32 0 - 238,592 238,593 - 477,184 477,185 - 716,800 3,584,000 75 32 0 - 272,384 272,385 - 545,792 545,793 - 819,200 4,096,000 76 33 0 - 313,344 313,345 - 627,712 627,713 - 942,080 4,710,400 77 33 0 - 354,304 354,305 - 709,632 709,633 - 1,064,960 5,324,800 78 34 0 - 409,600 409,601 - 819,200 819,201 - 1,228,800 6,144,000 79 34 0 - 477,184 477,185 - 955,392 955,393 - 1,433,600 7,168,000 80 35 0 - 544,768 544,769 - 1,091,584 1,091,585 - 1,638,400 8,192,000 81 35 0 - 626,688 626,689 - 1,253,376 1,253,377 - 1,884,160 9,420,800 82 36 0 - 708,608 708,609 - 1,417,216 1,417,217 - 2,129,920 10,649,600 83 36 0 - 819,200 819,201 - 1,638,400 1,638,401 - 2,457,600 12,288,000 84 37 0 - 954,368 954,369 - 1,908,736 1,908,737 - 2,867,200 14,336,000 85 37 0 - 1,089,536 1,089,537 - 2,183,168 2,183,169 - 3,276,800 16,384,000

@Immeral Ok, need a little bit more data - Do you own a monk belt, or monk robe? What level are you? Whats your modified Strength, and Strength Mod?

my being there is entirely dependent on if Ronnie is going, my vehicle won’t make the trip…

Im gonna say no on spellbreakers for right now , as the adventure continues to move forth I will ad them in later but for this weekend no

okey dokey - so the remaining split breaks down as follows : slaad and onaga only took 2 picks in the starting round, giving them 5 unused picks as the rest of us grabbed 7 items. the highest average value of the remaining high-value items (salted towards the highest value because we cherry-picked what we REALLY wanted/needed from the first draft) is approximately 8k… so they’re getting an extra 40k each out of the split knocking 5% off the final retail to cover kargin’s overhead, that leaves us with a final divvy of each party member getting 370,101 gold from liquidating the party treasure (with slaad and onaga receiving 410,101 as their total) (( oh, and i didn’t include selling the few healing potions in party inventory - too useful in a pinch )) pending approval from cloud, in case i missed anything and spreadsheet attached, for those that wanna snag anything off it at 95% of retail (or in case you wanna check my maths) dregnothpartytreasure.ods

and apparently vacations in Mozambique… https://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/excuse-me-mr-bat-youve-got-a-huge-parasitic-fly-on-your-face/

Dregnoth cackles with only a mild touch of insanity as Kargin walks away, then head off towards the bar himself while contemplating how well he has infected the party’s ability to think clearly.

Flesh Forge [Metamagic] You can summon things that do not exist. Prerequisites: Augment Summoning, Spell Focus (conjuration & transmutation) Benefit: You can apply templates to creatures you summon with summon monster and summon nature’s ally spells. You may only apply templates the creatures in question qualify for. A flesh forge summoning spell has an effective level equal to the spell’s normal level + the CR adjustment of the applied template.

Manacite is not metal ore. It is stone that has changed. It is mined along with the stone it is formed in, typically located with the use of divination spells. Refining can happen more than one way. The dwarven mountain, in which you let Dregnoth ruin their garbage disposal, uses a solutoin of liquefied mana, among other things, in the refining process.

@halfgiant said in Socketed Gems: Magical Gems and Gear Socketing references 5th edition, so probably takes some changes/tweeks, but not a bad approach. Magical Gems and Gear Socketing v1.1.pdf That is actually not a horrible system. So much of 5e is so close to something I would like to play more.

@halfgiant said in nc.daerma.com: Ok… Not a biggie whenever the opportunity comes about, thetrove.net mirror is about 1TB. Yup, naggaroth taking second place… total space, 5.5 TB, 4.4TB available… so @halfgiant what do you want me to set up?

Indeed !! Only the mightiest of adventurers dare step forth to do battle with the 50-winged Mutant DireChicken that seeks to conquer our world ! And whilst the strongest of mages in the Potterverse wept and begged not to imbibe scarcely a macho-mug of fatal beverage, we few hearty souls chortle and gleefully down stein after stein of it with nary a worry about hastening our glorious demise. And ahh, the ever-so-beautiful wenches - who spend too many wistful days and lonely nights hoping for our return ! Tho it may just be our hard-earned coin … ;p