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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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 Posted - 29 Apr 2010 : 20:30:26
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I would find a way. Hence the spell Melcar's Weave Sphere, which acts a a cunductor/component for the weave itself making it possible to cast any level of spell, if you just use enough Weave spheres In theory that is.!!!
By the way... Where could this spell be found ingame? Where would my mage go to pick up information about sayd spell? |
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
Israel
352 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2010 : 06:55:28
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| As I said, this spell was created by Symrustar Auglamyr, and can only be learned and cast if you're wearign her Choker, which acts as spellbook. Symrustar disappeared during the Fall of Myth Drannor, in the explosion during the Battle of Shadusk Glade which killed Malimshaer. Her Choker was found on the ground after the battle. It was left as an adventure hook - elves could have taken it, it could still be in the ruins of Myth Drannor, etc. |
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How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1093 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2010 : 13:12:50
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Ahh... Yes you did, didn't you! Kind of misses something about that spell.
I'll bow my head in stupid shame! |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2010 : 04:46:54
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I chose they mythallar....as always, partial to things Netherese |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2010 : 05:21:32
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Sage,
Oops, my mistake. I clicked the wrong icon. Should have been the garbage can, not the arrow. I deleted it already, though. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2010 : 05:25:16
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The greatest spell ever to defeat Ao's "Create crystal sphere."!
Ed's "Create Forgotten Realms."! |
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1093 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2010 : 01:17:21
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So true my friend. I have tried something like that myself, but i blew op in my face. Ed must be lvl 100 to cast a lvl 20 spell like that!
My spell was called Nicolai's Create Puny home setting, and it was as I said, an epic fail! |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2010 : 12:52:45
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Originally posted by Sill Alias
Ed's "Create Forgotten Realms."!
Ok I have to agree here. Nothing beats that one  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2010 : 04:58:29
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I think "The Shadowstorm" should be included in the options. True, it was stopped while barely at its peak. But had Rivalen been late in stopping it, it could have turned a considerable part of Faerun to dust. 
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2010 : 17:13:46
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Shadowstorm is kid stuff.
Szass's dread ring ritual. Had it actually been properly cast then all of Thay, probably all of Faerūn, perhaps all of Toril (or even the entire cosmos) would've been completely erased from existence. |
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Acolyte Thirteen
Seeker
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Posted - 02 Dec 2010 : 18:19:04
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I like Galanthar's Gnostic Chains, from "Secrets of the Magister".
GGCs would put the Kai-Bosh-ken on many of the Spellcasters mentioned above. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 01:21:52
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Originally posted by Arik
Shadowstorm is kid stuff.
I don't think so. Look at what happened to Ephyras. Toril would have suffered the same had the Shadowstorm not been stopped.
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 01:33:34
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Ah, yes, you're right dennis, that place was a write-off. I sort of thought of it being the consequence of (Shar's) divine manifestation more than being caused by some clumsy mortal's spell/ritual. I suppose the definition blurs when you consider Szass was planning on expending (some of Bane's) divine power to work his own magic.
I found a little bit of intelligent chatter here about Shadowstorm stuff. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 02:42:52
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| I'm on the fence between the Sundering and the Draco-Rage spells. Love High Magic, although it does tend to get a wee bit destructive. I noticed, however, that no one mentioned the Descent. I'd actually say that one tops the list. Create an ENTIRE new region of lands UNDER Faerun, AND drew an entire race to it?! (AND altered their form and abilities, to boot.) That takes some definite power. Also, since it was cast by pretty much EVERY elven priest AT THE SAME TIME, I'd say the logistics alone should put it at the top of the list. My only real beef is that it was reversed (well, partially) by only SEVEN mages (and not even High Mages) using a Kirra..... |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 02:57:28
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Originally posted by Arik
Ah, yes, you're right dennis, that place was a write-off. I sort of thought of it being the consequence of (Shar's) divine manifestation more than being caused by some clumsy mortal's spell/ritual. I suppose the definition blurs when you consider Szass was planning on expending (some of Bane's) divine power to work his own magic.
I found a little bit of intelligent chatter here about Shadowstorm stuff.
I think they're equally great. They're cast by mortals but needed (or appeared to have needed) some divine power to come to fruition, and they're both for the same first purpose: annihilate the world. Though they very much vary in the second one: Shar wanted to drown everything to oblivion, while Tam wanted to create a new, 'better' world. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 03:00:40
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| Sorry ... I'm not sure I know what the "Descent" was. It involves Lolth? Which books, Alystra? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36809 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 03:28:20
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| The Descent did not create the Underdark. Some of the Underdark caverns and tunnels were naturally occuring, and many were created as yet another inadvertent side effect of the Sundering. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 03:45:04
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| Ah. thank you for clearing that up, Wooly. I knew that parts of it already existed, but I've never been totally clear on how the rest came about- too many conflicting vies on that. Decent, or Sundering? Meh, six of one, half-dozen of the other. But The faerz'ress effect was part of it, I know. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 04:26:37
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| For a spell, "The Descent" sounds intriguing. Huge and ominous... |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 05:50:49
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| The Descent does sound rather exciting. It applies only to Drow on Toril or also on Abier and other worlds? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2010 : 06:07:39
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| It seems to have been a pan-world effect, meaning that it affected the "dark elves" of ALL worlds- at least according to the lore from my brands-spanking-new, right out of the package copy of Complete Book of Elves (2nd ed book). Well, not "new", but it's in almost new condition, and So, Correllon and company seem to have just done an across the board ban on all dark elves from the surface of all worlds where elves live. |
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Razz
Senior Scribe
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2010 : 00:17:23
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hmmm. Well said, Erik!
Eol, you missed all the really big spells (the terraforming and "racial creation from scratch" ones). Not to mention the planetary steering spell.
love,
THO
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2010 : 00:32:57
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| Back in the old days. Creator races, Nether Scrolls, that sorta stuff. I'm not sure if creation myth genesis should properly be called a "spell". |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Dec 2010 : 01:19:43
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| I'm kinda torn between Imaskar Wards and Netheril's Mythallars. Both are the first and only in history. While I am always partial to everything Netherese, I must admit the godswall is really incredible. I think the Netherese archwizards could have raised the same had they had the need for it. However, the fact that they didn't (which maybe means they couldn't) and that the Imaskari did, says a lot. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 07 Dec 2010 : 03:28:53
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This thread makes me now re-think Karsus' spell - it was actually very much like what Doctor Doom did when he stole Galactus' power in Secret Wars (basically, he diverted the energy Galactus receives from his ship into himself).
Ergo, Karsus did not kill Mystryl (it even says she sacrificed herself) - what he did was turn her into a power-terminal. Like plugging an extension cord into another extension cord (and by sacrificing herself, she severed the connection she had to the True source, rendering Karsus' patch-job inert.)
Its like what happens when you plug a string of Christmas lights into another string of Christmas lights - if the fuse in the first set goes, everything past that in the circuit also stops receiving power.
All he really did was divert the power flowing into her into himself. That was like plugging a cellphone into a 440 power outlet (and yes, they have those - they are used in commercial applications). No wonder he 'fried'. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Dec 2010 : 03:33:46
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That's an interesting theory, MT. Though, I'd like to think he did succeed in absorbing her divinity. After all, he deserved at least that. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 07 Dec 2010 : 03:33:55
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| If Karsus zorched out like a blown fuse then why did Mystryl stagger, the Weave fail, and all of Netheril fall down? |
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Faerun's Greatest Spell
