I may have incorrectly read the rules into the prerequisites for making a magic item, the rules aren’t quite as strict for magic item creation as i originally had thought. According to the SRD: Caster Level The next item in a notational entry gives the caster level of the item, indicating its relative power. The caster level determines the item’s saving throw bonus, as well as range or other level-dependent aspects of the powers of the item (if variable). It also determines the level that must be contended with should the item come under the effect of a dispel magic spell or similar situation. This information is given in the form “CL x,” where “CL” is an abbreviation for caster level and “x” is an ordinal number representing the caster level itself. For potions, scrolls, and wands, the creator can set the caster level of an item at any number high enough to cast the stored spell and not higher than her own caster level. For other magic items, the caster level is determined by the creator. The minimum caster level is that which is needed to meet the prerequisites given. Prerequisites Certain requirements must be met in order for a character to create a magic item. These include feats, spells, and miscellaneous requirements such as level, alignment, and race or kind. The prerequisites for creation of an item are given immediately following the item’s caster level. So… caster level (or CL##) is a separate entry from prerequisites, nothing in the entry for what a caster level is says that you EVER have to meet that value. The prerequisites are listed FOLLOWING the caster level, that’s explicit, it’s quite clear that caster level is not a prerequisite. The minimum caster level for items is the minimum needed to meet the prerequisites, that’s clear in black and white in both your DMG and the SRD. Neither says anything about using the listed caster level in determining the minimum manufacturer’s level, in fact they have a section on determining the minimum level to make an item, and they STILL don’t mention caster level there. Neither says that the listed caster level is a prerequisite, it’s a separate entry that happens before prerequisites.

Those are very interesting answers, so many options and paths to take. Much much to do. Another question given the formation of manacite due to extreme exposure of the manathereal plane over eons, what about gemstones or other forms of ore found in these areas, have they been affected as well?

@halfgiant said in Ohm Gems and other Gem Magics: Rechargeable I believe we all started with. Yes, everyone started with a rechargeable Big Ohm.

So far we have seen the Laputans use the manacite as floating discs to achieve levitation for their cities. Has any of the Laputan’s gotten ambitious and tried to pull an Ioulaum and imbue/create a Mythallar made of Manacite? If memory services the Netherese use to also power their magic items from their Mythallar as well, not sure how a Manacite imbued Mythallar would look success or failure it should be spectacular.

@dwarf I believe that is correct, its your effective cast level, but i don’t think it gives you access to spells beyond what your natural level for that class is. So it should increase the damage of a spell d6 per level sort of thing, it should make the DC saves against it more difficult, etc… Nice little feat.

Verified it is one attack at grandmaster only.

@halfgiant said in Socketed Magic Items: So far the material that i’ve researched, really makes a poor attempt in my estimation of covering down on the magical capability. Big shock there.

Note, that it would be silly for each f you not to take 5 levels of this class as part of your 5e to 3.5e respec since I said you can start another class at 5th.

@halfgiant said in Multiple Attacks: Rules for specialization above pertain to all classes as long as they meet the prereq’s? Yes. These are not fighter specific.

even if i name him Senor Vorpal Kickasso ??? ;p

he MAY be asking if the move happened before or after the Ethosian Wars - in which case, the answer is pre-Ethos(ian war) … as his armies were still just spawning in Chult when the planequakes and shift occurred

he’s hosting it on his own machine in the telecom hotel downtown… sooo… as much space as he needs ? know he’s got at least a few terabytes online…

The True Thief Level… Proficiency Bonus… Sneak Attack… Class Features 1 +2 2d4 Sneak Attack, Expertise (Alchemical), Chameleon Cloak 2 +2 2d4 Cunning Action 3 +2 2d6 Combo I 4 +2 2d6 Ability Score Improvement 5 +3 3d6 Shadow Walk 6 +3 4d6 7 +3 4d8 Weaponstrike 8 +3 4d8 9 +4 6d8 Improved Chameleon Cloak 10 +4 6d8 11 +4 6d10 12 +4 8d10 13 +5 8d10 14 +5 8d10 15 +5 10d10 Join Strike 16 +5 10d10 17 +6 10d10 18 +6 12d12 19 +6 12d12 20 +6 12d12

Events leading up to the current timeline – Several months before the transferance of V’Ral, Delving Hold had received word that a particular Rolandite was interested in the services of a Runepriest and was requesting his audience in V’Ral. The first message made it to the Rune Priests of Delving Hold, but the messenger had already been slain at the hands of a Drow. For several years now Delving Hold had been under continuous war with the Drow and the Runepriests couldn’t spare anyone as their situation was very dire. Not entirely understanding the importance of the Rolandite request, the Runemasters ignored the repeated attempts to contact them but focused on the current problem at hand the war with the Drow. As time marched on more and more messengers came and continued to make attempts to get their message to Delving Hold but with no luck. Finally, one fateful morning a boom boom boom, comes from one of the minor entrances to Delving Hold, previously thought by the Dwarves to be entirely lost to the Drow. Boom Boom Boom, comes from the entrance, finally a small dwarven party makes their way over to the entrance to investigate worried the Drow may have found a way to breach their hold, peering out beyond the safety of their walls they see a lone White bearded Dwarf armed to the teeth, and a pile of dead Drow standing at his feet shouting insults at the remaining Drow, continuing to wrap his hammer on the walls of the entrance…Boom, Boom, Boom. The remaining Drow trying to retreive their dead. Hear the growls of this white bearded dwarf…“These are my dead Drow… by Damar’s name get ye own”!!!, along with several more expletives about their Drow mothers. The Delving Hold Dwarf party immediately recognizing the marking of the Forge Gods, quickly giving entrance to Durgin Grandmaster Forger, and 1st apprentice to Damar. Durgin, following instruction from the Rolandites that sent him on this mission greased the wheels of politics in Delving Hold with some of the triplets finest beer stock to gain audience with the King. Once he had gained an audience with the Runemaster, and King of Delving Hold, Durgin expressed the importance of the Runepriest to be in V’Ral in the coming months time, the King and the Runmasters were reluctant … there was a war and they needed every resource to defeat the Drow. Durgin seeing it was unlikely they would release a Runepriest for this mysterious endeavor, he decided to make a proposition I (Durgin) will take the place of the Runepriest place and fight in the battle against the Drow until the Runepriests return. The Dwarves were at first reluctant, knowing the how dire their situation is, Durgin sensed this, dropping his non-detection concealment on his own equipment… the King and the Runepriests quickly agreed and a bargain was struck. Kargin was chosen, newly out of this apprenticeship he would venture to V’Ral and an seek audience with this mysterious Rolandite and only then discover what she wanted. [To be continued – more coming]

Basically, Advantage/Disadvantage is huge in the mid range. This is why you kick my ass all the time. You normally need a number in the midrange to hit.

Kargin thinks he may try and go in a slightly different direction, and maybe take a page out of SpellWeaver History (even though it ended poorly for them) and ignite himself a mana furnace. I do hear staff’s of magi make for great kindling when igniting such a furnace.

250 gp gems ?? absolutely - they’re easily available higher denominations tho… obviously, anything over a 5k gemstone is pretty hard to come by - even for adventurers. the 5k gems are what we use to make standard big-ohm gems, since time immemorial… 25k gems can hold a regennable big ohm (Arg says it has to do with perfect clarity stones being able to properly store the complex compressed magic without shattering). and, back in the days of yore, you needed a 10k meteoric geode in order to fashion a spell point battery… how cloud wants to play out the scarcity and availability, obviously, is in his baliwick.