Devastate 8th Level Magic User Spell In AD&D

A Forgotten Realms spell in my Greyhawk campaign
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[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

I have 7 of the 8 volumes in hard copy. Just missing the Priest Spell Compendium Vol III and that one is several hundred at least! Great resources to have for your campaign.

[@spacebear1483]

My dyslexia had me read devastating 8th level ADHD spell, and I was like huh, “time blindness” “hyper focused” “weaponised distraction” gave me a good chuckle

[@glenncox9128]

This is what I like about 2e AD&D, is that it’s very backwards compatible with 1e AD&D.

[@docsavage8640]

Fun video. Never even heard of this spell!

[@foxvenice9094]

I’m definitely adding this to my table. Very cool.

[@MarkCMG]

Thanks for the video! An aptly named spell, for sure!

[@williampalmer8052]

Excellent tip about making rare and powerful spells obtainable only as a form of treasure, as opposed to just letting players thumb through a rule book like a shopping catalog every time they level up.

[@docsavage8640]

I didn't know anyone would let a player do that.

[@williampalmer8052]

@@docsavage8640 I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Do you mean no one lets players choose which spells they want to learn?

[@glenncox9128]

Whenever a magic-user or illusionist gains a level, they do gain a new spell to add to their spell books. One can either meta game this, or role play this. Magic-users are given the extra restriction that they must roll against their intelligence to see if they can learn the spell. Generally, I don’t mind if the selection is being made from the PHB if a magic-user simply goes through the PHB like a shopping catalogue and chooses a spell that way, as long as they pass their intelligence roll. However, any other spell from any other source (including UA) MUST be RESEARCHED.

[@CaptCook999]

We never used any of those books. None of us had them. That is a pretty nasty spell to use right before your "devastating" attack!

[@maksimsmelchak7433]

👍🏻😎🇺🇸

[@AlanSmitheeman]

40 years of playing just to get to level 16? I'm sure you must have players that rotate though lots of characters. I can't imagine playing 40 years with the same characters on a regular basis surviving that long only to accumulate such little experience. However, the D&D system tends to break down at higher levels so I understand wanting to play with low level characters. One group that I gamed with like to stop at level 12 and then reboot the campaign with new characters after that because they thought that the D&D system got too clunky after level 12.

[@page121tabletoproleplaying4]

I didn't say it took them 40 years to get to 16th level. I said after 40 years we have several characters who can cast this spell.

[@AlanSmitheeman]

@@page121tabletoproleplaying4 Okay. It's just that you said at 4:44 "...Even at 16th level players, and I have a few, we've been playing this campaign for over 40 years..." So that's how I interpreted that to mean you literally had 16th level players from gaming for over 40 years.

[@maecenus778]

@@page121tabletoproleplaying4I have a magic user that might not make it to level 16 for like 40 years, but by that time he will be 88 years old assuming our 1:1 time holds up!

[@glenncox9128]

The only way I do my games is with rotating stocks of multiple characters.