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|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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"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino |
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino |
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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 "Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino | |
| This message was originally posted in Abilities, Skills and Magic / Magical Items, by DR-AMIFER on the play.net forums. | |