From: Your foolish editor (bell@cs.unc.edu)
Date: Tue 10 Jan 1989 - 09:56:33 EET
For those of you who don't think Elemental Bolt is a total wash, here's
a magic item to go along with it:
The (Element) Bolt Wand
An elemental bolt wand increases the power of an (element) bolt spell. The wand has a specific strength, and it doubles the effects of the spell that don't exceed the strength of the wand. For example, if a sorceror holds a four point wand and casts a six point elemental bolt spell, the effective intensity of the spell will be ten. A three intensity spell cast with the same wand will yield a six intensity bolt. Note that a given wand is tied to a specific element, and will not affect bolt spells associated with other elements. The wand does not give knowledge of the spell, but sorcerors commonly enchant a spell matrix for the given elemental bolt into the wand.
Elemental bolt wands are made by a specific enchanting ritual, which is as difficult to learn as a spell, although the sorceror will not fail in learning it if he or she knows the appropriate (element) bolt spell. Each point of power spent in the ritual will add one to the strength of the wand.
Wands should be made of exotic sorcery components. For example, a fire bolt wand could be made from dream dragon teeth or fire elemental essence. The more exotic the components, the stronger the wand that can be made. For example, a wand made from mundane components might have an upper limit of a five strength.
(On the surface, this may seem disproportionately powerful, since
spell matrices have a similar effect but don't provide the magic points
for the increased intensity. However, it does have several disadvantages:
-it does not boost knowledge of the spell
-it is limited on how powerful it can become based on what it is made of
-it requires learning a different spell)
-Andrew Bell
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