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Date Posted: 15:37:54 11/19/03 Wed
Author: Adilbrand
Subject: Re: Casting Epic Spells
In reply to: mvd 's message, "Casting Epic Spells" on 15:20:32 11/19/03 Wed

>My question is, if you have a tenth level dude with a
>13 in spellcraft and a +4 to his INT and he tries to
>cast the above animate dead, which is a 5th level
>spell, he would have to beat a DC 23 (applying epic
>spell logic to the problem). To do this, he would
>need to roll a 6 or higher. This indicates that there
>is always a 25% chance that he would always fail.
>Yet, at this level you don't have to make rolls. You
>can successfully cast these spells 100% of the time.
>How does this justify the same system when applied to
>Epic Spell Casting?

The rules assume you can take 10 while casting, so the caster of that 5th level spell is assumed to have rolled a 10, which, of course, is higher than the 6 needed.

Psions are not allowed to take 10 like a spellcaster is. This is why Roland has to roll d20's all the time when they manifest powers for the save DC and Phoebe just assumes a 10 (Phoebe always has the option to roll if she wants, but she risks getting less than 10).

The casting check is simply d20 + Spellcraft (Spellcraft includes Ranks + Int. Modifier + Misc. Modifiers) for epic spells. Spellcasters can take 10 on that roll.

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Replies:

gotchya! thanks! -- mvd, 15:49:07 11/19/03 Wed
- One more question -- mvd, 16:08:35 11/19/03 Wed
  - Good Question. I hope my answer is equally as good -- Adilbrand, 17:56:08 11/19/03 Wed
    - Yeah -- mvd, 07:02:09 11/20/03 Thu
  - Re: One more question -- Adilbrand, 20:05:30 11/19/03 Wed
    - Re: One more question -- Fyrestryke, 20:40:29 11/19/03 Wed
    - What's "the old way"? (NT) -- Me, 21:08:51 11/19/03 Wed
      - Read the previous post - roll one die, then multiply it (NT) -- Adilbrand, 04:33:44 11/20/03 Thu
    - Perhaps all casters could have either option? (NT) -- mvd, 06:40:58 11/20/03 Thu
      - Re: Perhaps all casters could have either option? -- Adilbrand, 07:08:31 11/20/03 Thu
        Take ten? -- mvd, 07:09:54 11/20/03 Thu
        Oh. -- Adilbrand, 07:14:34 11/20/03 Thu
        Re: Oh. -- Fyrestryke, 07:17:05 11/20/03 Thu
        Re: Oh. -- Adilbrand, 07:19:33 11/20/03 Thu
        Re: Oh. -- mvd, 07:26:23 11/20/03 Thu
        Re: Oh. -- Fyrestryke, 07:31:36 11/20/03 Thu
        Yes -- mvd, 07:42:39 11/20/03 Thu
        Re: Yes -- Fyrestryke, 07:51:02 11/20/03 Thu
- Re: gotchya! thanks! -- Adilbrand, 17:45:11 11/19/03 Wed

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