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|p=Full disclosure: If we were going to invent the rings today, yes, they would have Lunar flavor instead of elemental plane flavor. |
|p=Full disclosure: If we were going to invent the [[Sigilated rings|rings]] today, yes, they would have Lunar flavor instead of elemental plane flavor. |
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That said, it does seem possible to "cheat," since familiars are a very iconic case of drawing some kind of mass out of what is best described as potentiality or sources of power rather than places. It probably works a lot like familiars do, in fact, with the idea being the ring stores the "programming" of the item and reconstructs it every time you summon it. It's a pretty extravagant, circuitous kind of magic to do what it's doing, but Warrior Mages aren't exactly subdued when it comes to screwing with the higher planes. |
That said, it does seem possible to "cheat," since familiars are a very iconic case of drawing some kind of mass out of what is best described as potentiality or sources of power rather than places. It probably works a lot like familiars do, in fact, with the idea being the ring stores the "programming" of the item and reconstructs it every time you summon it. It's a pretty extravagant, circuitous kind of magic to do what it's doing, but Warrior Mages aren't exactly subdued when it comes to screwing with the higher planes. |
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| Re: Sigilated rings ("WM only" rings) · on 04/02/2016 08:36 AM CDT | 1599 |
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| Full disclosure: If we were going to invent the rings today, yes, they would have Lunar flavor instead of elemental plane flavor.
That said, it does seem possible to "cheat," since familiars are a very iconic case of drawing some kind of mass out of what is best described as potentiality or sources of power rather than places. It probably works a lot like familiars do, in fact, with the idea being the ring stores the "programming" of the item and reconstructs it every time you summon it. It's a pretty extravagant, circuitous kind of magic to do what it's doing, but Warrior Mages aren't exactly subdued when it comes to screwing with the higher planes. -Armifer | |
| This message was originally posted in Abilities, Skills and Magic / Magical Items, by DR-AMIFER on the play.net forums. | |