Posted by Peter on October 12, 1999 at 06:54:49:

In Reply to: A mage skill that might sorta kinda work maybe if your lucky and stuff... 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.

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