Can a Ringgiver mage exempt his spellbook, from the rules hes sworn to follow?
while the code they follow SHOULD bite, it shouldnt make a char unplayable.
Ringiver Mages
Sat, 2012-12-15 22:30
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Ringiver Mages
Tue, 2012-12-18 19:05
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Re: Ringiver Mages
Or if the DM really has a problem, then work with the player to come up with some decent alternative. This is the planes after all, so you can get all sorts of exotic ways of keeping a spell book. How about a familiar from Mechanus in the form of a logic spirit who displays the spell formulas on its body? Or a muse of magic that follows you around and recites spells in your ears while you meditate? (read: memorize your daily spells) Spell cards/scrolls that are kept in an extra-planar space that only appear when you reach out for them and disappear when you let go. They could belong to a mutual spell pool that your character has gained limited access to. You don't actually own any of them, so Ring Giver philosophy wouldn't be a problem.
I always figured with Planescape, it's all a matter of player creativity.
Sat, 2012-12-22 08:00
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Re: Ringiver Mages
There's a tavern called the Pentacle where a Communual owner keeps a spellbook available to everyone.
Sun, 2012-12-23 08:19
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Re: Ringiver Mages
How about a familiar from Mechanus in the form of a logic spirit who displays the spell formulas on its body? Or a muse of magic that follows you around and recites spells in your ears while you meditate? (read: memorize your daily spells)
great idea - like a moigno composed of arcane formulae
Sun, 2012-12-23 21:11
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Re: Ringiver Mages
Another idea: Kinetic memorization. Think of something akin to tai chi. Moving one's body in certain ways/forms calls to mind and/or focuses magical energy. This one may be more appropriate for a Cypher though.
There's plenty of other ways Wizards can record spells, I remember either Complete Mage or Complete Arcane mentioning this. One of the suggested methods was tattoos for a spellbook.
And even if they were a more traditional wizard and not a tattoo wizard, or a Sorcerer or a Psion or Invoker or whatever, DM's should use common sense in not letting something about a player's choice needlessly mess with their character.