DM Nagging: It's pretty much my job

[Anastasia]

Domains: Chaos, Family, Good, Wrath,

Syala has an extra domain to play with thanks to the free alignment domains. Any preferences or suggestions, Alicia?

[Ebiris]

It's gotta be plant. Something rubbed off after guarding that tree for so long.

[Anastasia]

It's gotta be plant. Something rubbed off after guarding that tree for so long.

Okay.

[Iron Dragoon]

Question about Focused Specialist and Spellpool. The Spellpool can 'can provide any other spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list in the Player's Handbook, as well as any additional spells designated by the DM.'

Does that include spells from banned schools for Focused Specialist? I know there are other classes and even spells that can provide access to banned things (like Shadow Evocation).

[Iron Dragoon]

Since you houseruled this:
Spellcraft: A new function is added to spellcraft:

Identify Properties of Magic Item: DC 15 + item's caster level. (DC varies for artifacts)

Attempting to ascertain the properties of a magic item takes 3 rounds per item to be identified and you must be able to thoroughly examine the object. Artifacts may be identified in this manner, but the DC is higher. The exact DC varies from artifact to artifact.

What's your opinion on a Skill Trick or Epic Usage that speeds it up? Like, For Concentration there's the Swift Concentration Skill Trick which is a Con check as a Swift, or Opening Tap which is effectively a Disable Device check as a Swift. Maybe not speeding it up to a swift, but cutting it down to a single round or something? Or an epic usage doing the same.

[Ebiris]

Custom spells! Here's one:

Ravaging Touch
Necromancy
Level: Sor/Wiz 10
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Targets: Creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fort half
Spell Resistance: Yes

With a touch you ravage your foe of their talents, leaving them weaker, slower, feebler, stupider, even uglier. The target suffers 2d4 points of ability drain to strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma.

I may make up more but just putting this out now to see if it works or not.

[Anastasia]

Question about Focused Specialist and Spellpool. The Spellpool can 'can provide any other spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list in the Player's Handbook, as well as any additional spells designated by the DM.'

Does that include spells from banned schools for Focused Specialist? I know there are other classes and even spells that can provide access to banned things (like Shadow Evocation).

No. School specialization for wizards notes that a specialist wizard can't even use those spells from a wand or cast them. It's immaterial if you can access them, you still couldn't cast them.

[Corwin]

This one goes to Eb and Cor, but any of you who fancy getting divine rank should bear it in mind for then.

Alicia and Seira, you each have a single proxy. Who is it? You don't have to assign it, but it's a fairly good improvement so it can boost someone up a lot. If it's an NPC I'm statting out, try and let me know soon?

I'm tentatively thinking Lagann could be my proxi, depending on his build and how he's been these twenty years.

Also, can I sell my Familiar ability for a wizard feat?

[Anastasia]

Since you houseruled this:
Spellcraft: A new function is added to spellcraft:

Identify Properties of Magic Item: DC 15 + item's caster level. (DC varies for artifacts)

Attempting to ascertain the properties of a magic item takes 3 rounds per item to be identified and you must be able to thoroughly examine the object. Artifacts may be identified in this manner, but the DC is higher. The exact DC varies from artifact to artifact.

What's your opinion on a Skill Trick or Epic Usage that speeds it up? Like, For Concentration there's the Swift Concentration Skill Trick which is a Con check as a Swift, or Opening Tap which is effectively a Disable Device check as a Swift. Maybe not speeding it up to a swift, but cutting it down to a single round or something? Or an epic usage doing the same.

Sure, I'll add an epic usage for faster identification of magical items.  It's on the todo list now.

[Iron Dragoon]

No. School specialization for wizards notes that a specialist wizard can't even use those spells from a wand or cast them. It's immaterial if you can access them, you still couldn't cast them.

Well, I guess I'll have to Factotum-UMD it then.

[Anastasia]

Custom spells! Here's one:

Ravaging Touch
Necromancy
Level: Sor/Wiz 10
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Targets: Creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fort half
Spell Resistance: Yes

With a touch you ravage your foe of their talents, leaving them weaker, slower, feebler, stupider, even uglier. The target suffers 2d4 points of ability drain to strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma.

I may make up more but just putting this out now to see if it works or not.

Okay, question. Do you know of any other high level spells that do serious ability drain? Just looking for some comparisons.

[Anastasia]

This one goes to Eb and Cor, but any of you who fancy getting divine rank should bear it in mind for then.

Alicia and Seira, you each have a single proxy. Who is it? You don't have to assign it, but it's a fairly good improvement so it can boost someone up a lot. If it's an NPC I'm statting out, try and let me know soon?

I'm tentatively thinking Lagann could be my proxi, depending on his build and how he's been these twenty years.

Also, can I sell my Familiar ability for a wizard feat?

Yeah sure, unless you're bringing back Seirat.

[Ebiris]

Okay, question. Do you know of any other high level spells that do serious ability drain? Just looking for some comparisons.

Honestly it could just as easily be ability damage, drain just felt better for an epic spell. Here's a few other spells that do large amounts of damage or drain...

Cleric 7, Withering Palm does 1/2 your CL in ability damage to strength and constitution (max of 15) which becomes ability drain on a critical hit.
Druid 8, Red Tide does 3d6 strength damage (then again a minute later) in a huge radius.
Wiz/Sorc 4, Touch of Years does 3 points of ability drain to strength, dexterity, and constitution.

[Anastasia]

Okay then, lemme polish it a bit and it'll go in the collection.

[Anastasia]

Ravaging Touch
Necromancy
Level: Sor/Wiz 10
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Targets: Creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial
Spell Resistance: Yes

With a touch you ravage your foe of their talents, leaving them weaker, slower, feebler, stupider, even uglier. The target suffers 2d4 points of ability drain to all six ability scores.