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[Feanor]

The Wizard Slayer spell immunity it was a great idea (without it, the wizard slayers were quite weak compared with berserker and kensai). But what I want to ask you, Maestro : why did you choose only four schools for his immunity ?

[T.G.Maestro]

There is a simple reason: since this is an innate ability (and not a spell) developed by the character, I assume it to be developed after numerous "meetings" with different forms of harmful magics. And while I can clearly imagine a Wizard Slayer to become resistant/immune to death, elemental magic or even mind tricks, I can't imagine how/why they should develop immunity against divination and such.
To sum up in one sentence, these are the spell schools which a generic WS would experience most.

[Jinnai]

I dunno someone casting mind reading spells constantly on a character would in theory have the same affect as mind altering affects.

[T.G.Maestro]

Could you list me some mind-reading spells from BG2?

[Rathwellin the Bard]

Don't know about spells but....

The 'fish tank guy' in the underdark reads PCnames mind.

Several foes in Jan's subquest read PCnames mind.

Demogorgon reads PCnames mind.

Jon-bon gets into PCname's dreams.

...

Of course 'immunity to plot device' doesn't seem to be an option....

[Jinnai]

Most are realltively useless, but a wizard slayer would be immune to them none-the-less

Know Alignment
Clarivoyance
Farsight
Oracle
True Sight

The only two of any importance would be Oracle and True Sight.

[Rathwellin the Bard]

Just out of curiosity why would a WS care to be immune to true sight?

...unless he is planning on abandoning being a WS alltogther and taking up thievery.

[Baltrek]

I agree with TGM. While there are a very few times the character is "attacked" with divination magic, I don't think it is enough for him to develop a natural immunity to it.

True sight and the like do not affect anyone but the mage casting it. Thus a WS could not be immune to it, right?

[T.G.Maestro]

Exactly my point Baltrek.

[Jinnai]

True sight and the like do not affect anyone but the mage casting it. Thus a WS could not be immune to it, right?

Not in an active sense, but in a passive sense they do.

[Caedwyr]

There is such a thing as immunity to scrying effects. With proper concentration and training some characters are able to prevent scrying spells from noticing them and identifying their location. That would be a way a character could be immune to divination spells.

[T.G.Maestro]

While I can picture a VERY specialized WS training himself hardly to develop such an innate ability, I really don't think we should count it frequent enough.

Edited by T.G.Maestro, 03 May 2004 - 06:15 AM.

[Jinnai]

then perhaps as a prereq HLA, say +1 wis (or maybe -1 to all saves) and the immuity to those spells?

[T.G.Maestro]

Um, is it THAT important?
I really woudn't want to disappoint anyone, but Wizard Slayers are the 2347654th thing on my list I'd change... MAYBE in the far (veeeery far) future.