"The Awakening" OCC

True enough. Thanks for the options. I'll be scouring the MMs, SRD, and PSCS for other fun critters to slip through.

So many feat choices...how is a poor doppler to decide?

Glad to see you're back, Trias! Hope your trip went well.

Understandable, D, so no worries.

Trias, just to let you know, Phae'dyiin is all updated and ready to run -she is posted on thetangledweb.net -search by her name.

Though I'd love to play with that spell, Argint can only snag 0-1st level at the moment.

Here's a link: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050107a

I'd post it...but I realize it'll take up too much space.

Pertinent info:

Steal Spell (Su): A spellthief can siphon spell energy away from his target and use it himself. A spellthief who hits an opponent with a successful sneak attack can choose to forgo dealing 1d6 points of sneak attack damage and instead steal a spell, or the potential to cast a specific known spell, from his target. If the target is willing, a spellthief can steal a spell with a touch as a standard action.

The target of a steal spell attack loses one 0-level or 1st-level spell from memory if she prepares spells ahead of time, or one 0-level or 1st-level spell slot if she is a spontaneous caster. A spontaneous caster also loses the ability to cast the stolen spell for 1 minute. If the target has no spells prepared (or has no remaining spell slots, if she is a spontaneous caster), this ability has no effect. A spellthief can choose which spell to steal; otherwise, the DM determines the stolen spell randomly. If a spellthief tries to steal a spell that isn't available, the stolen spell (or spell slot) is determined randomly from among those the target has available.

For example, a 1st-level spellthief who uses this ability against a 1st-level sorcerer could choose to steal magic missile. Assuming the sorcerer knew that spell, a successful steal spell attack would eliminate one 1st-level spell slot and temporarily prevent her from casting magic missile. If the same spellthief stole magic missile from a wizard who had it prepared, the wizard would lose one prepared magic missile spell (but wouldn't lose any other magic missile spells she might also have prepared).

After stealing a spell, a spellthief can cast the spell himself on a subsequent turn. Treat the spell as if it were cast by the original owner of the spell for the purpose of determining caster level, save DC, and so forth. A spellthief can cast this spell even if he doesn't have the minimum ability score normally required to cast a spell of that level. The spellthief must supply the same components (including verbal, somatic, material, XP, and any focus) required for the stolen spell. Alternatively, a spellthief of 4th level or higher can use the stolen spell power to cast any spellthief spell that he knows of the same level or lower (effectively, this gives the spellthief one free casting of a known spell). A spellthief must cast a stolen spell (or use its energy to cast one of his own spells) within 1 hour of stealing it; otherwise, the extra spell energy fades harmlessly away.

As a spellthief gains levels, he can choose to steal higher-level spells. At 4th level, he can steal spells of up to 2nd level, and for every two levels gained after 4th, the maximum spell level stolen increases by one (up to a maximum of 9th-level spells at 18th level).

At any one time, a spellthief can possess a maximum number of stolen spell levels equal to his class level (treat 0-level spells as 1/2 level for this purpose). For instance, a 4th-level spellthief can have two stolen 2nd-level spells, or one 2nd-level spell and two 1st-level spells, or any other combination of 0-level, 1st-level, and 2nd-level spells totaling four levels. If he steals a spell that would cause him to exceed this limit, he must choose to lose stolen spells sufficient to reduce his total number of stolen spell levels to no more than his maximum.

A spellthief can't apply metamagic feats or other effects to the stolen spell unless the specific spell stolen was prepared with such an effect. For example, a spellthief of 6th level or higher could steal a wizard's empowered magic missile, but only if he specifically chose to steal empowered magic missile. If he chose to steal an unmodified magic missile, he couldn't steal an empowered magic missile, a silent magic missile, or any other metamagic form of the spell. A spellthief couldn't steal an empowered magic missile from a sorcerer, since the sorcerer applies metamagic effects upon casting and thus has no prepared empowered magic missile spell.

This ability works only against spells. It has no effect on psionic powers or spell-like abilities (but see the steal spell-like ability class feature, below).

I thought the Rethan's info was intriguing as well. Did the Knowledge(local) turn up anything on the Runner's Guild? I'm unfamiliar with the organization.

Above is the roll from the IC.

Thanks, Trias! And no worries about the oversight--it happens from time to time no matter the gaming format.

Thanks for the kind words! We're working on a separate website for the book. Hopefully that will be up within the next few weeks, as the more tech-oriented members of the crew have been plugging away at it.

I said this in the in-character thread, but I thought I may as well repeat myself here as well.

I'm going away on thursday for ten days, and will have no access whatsoever to the internet.

Hello all! I've been busy trying to acclimate myself to the new campus, so I've been on hiatus mentally...as it is hard to focus on the thousand things of academia and its beauracries. However, I hope to get this internet deal fixed within the coming week and I'll be primed for peeling primes.

Guess who's under the briiiiidge...