Posted by [_Snarf_] on October 11, 1999 at 21:41:02:

Study: Allows a mage to study a wand/staff/potion, ginvg him/her a chance
of learning that spell to a degree..
for example:
item: a Staff of Flight gives flight

100%hp 100%m 100%mv>study staff
You begin studying the magicks of a Staff of Flight.
{insert evil lag here, maybe a bit more than a request}

You fail to comprehend what magicks a Staff of Flight was made with.
100%hp 45%m 45%mv>

100%hp 100%m 100%mv> study staff
You begin studying the magicks of a Staff of Flight.
{again with the satanic lag}

Your study reveals that a Staff of Flight was made with the spell fly.
You now have a partial understanding of the spell fly!

Level {random}: fly 1% {max of random 30% - 80% learnable}

Of course this could get grusome, so there could also be the limitation of
schools... So say a transmuter can't learn all invoker but can learn some
necromancy (I'm not sure if this is kosher even in D&D schools, so sue me
for the example).
Just a thought...

--Snarf the farmer of the infamous Squirbals.

Follow Ups:

• Are you daft? Lucian(VIP) 17:35:45 10/12/99 (2)
  • Maybe it's what they frickin' need to fight those Goddamn BattleBangers! n/t Mage 23:49:12 10/12/99 (1)
    • Just because battle has a little power doesn't mean you have to go and make mages even more overpowered. Lucian(VIP) 15:34:42 10/14/99 (0)
• Can you imagine? The Ponderer(VIP) 11:23:26 10/12/99 (4)
  • No, even with all that you wouldn't be able to touch how many people Istendil killed. A Little White Birdy 19:07:34 10/12/99 (2)
    • Why isn't Isty on the PK list..? Why..? 23:46:48 10/12/99 (1)
      • He predated the list. N/T Rome 03:56:13 10/13/99 (0)
  • My sentiments exactly WhiteStar 13:10:01 10/12/99 (0)
• This is so fruity. I want this skill, but I don't want anyone else to have it. n/t Defiler 07:05:56 10/12/99 (0)
• hehe this has to be the most overpowered idea I've heard in a long time. (n/t) Peter 06:54:49 10/12/99 (0)
• Hmm The Thief that lives on 02:35:25 10/12/99 (0)

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