- Status New
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Feature Request
- Category Engine → Crafting
- Assigned To No-one
- Operating System
- Severity Low
- Priority
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- Due in Version Undecided
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- Votes 6
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Opened by Hirene Penifur - 12.06.2013
Last edited by Davide Vescovini - 21.12.2014
FS#6029 - New skill: creating magical scrolls
I think it would be nice if mages would be able to make magic scrolls, on the same patterns as you can enchant gems, you could enchant a paper by spells.
Then anyone could use that scroll to cast magic without magical knowledge, so a crafter or fighter character could use identifing, healing or other type of spells.
The power of the spell and the duration would depend on the quality of the scroll, and that on the way level of the mage who created it.
Scroll would be crafted from papers on the same way as you make enchanted crystals from gems.
It could use an ‘intermediate object’ or multiple glyph enchanting on a single paper would do it too.
For example, if a spell is a 3 glyph combination then the crafter would need to use those 3 glyphs (in the right order?) to apply the spell on the scroll.
Using the scrolls would work through the /use command.
/use Scroll of Healing Flash
/use Scroll of Analyze Dweomer
/use Scroll of Fist of the Volcano
The script should consider what is targeted, if an item is targeted, you could use identifing, if a mob or player has been targeted you could use the spell on the target too for attacking or buffing.
You also would be able to cast spells on other players that are only allowed now to cast on yourself like Dome of Perfection.
I already discussed it with weltall, who doesn’t see technical limitations in implementation yet.
| ID | Project | Summary | Priority | Severity | Assigned To | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6080 | PlaneShift | FS#6080 - List of crafting feature requests | Low | Davide Vescovini, Tuathanach |
Very nice idea! Opening up a whole new branch of economy and making magic skills more easily expendable for people who don't want to invest the necessary time and who'd rather focus on another trade of their choice. It would allow for a simple craft in making paper, maybe from wood which I would expect to be introduced with Bow making anyway, and/or from other plants.
Magical service could be provided as a storable item. But it should also retain the creator's magical powers. A record of the magic skill level (and additional spell power percentage) that it was created with. And creating a scroll should consume the same amount of Dweomer as casting the spell would.
This would be a big plus for magic in general and not just for mages!
Another idea for this could be that a magical scroll does not last endlessly. Its quality could wear off with use, so the better the quality, the longer it lasts. That way for example a scroll for Magic Light would not last and infinite number of casts, but maybe 10 casts or so for a lower quality scroll.