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Mar. 19, 2011: Magic Missile

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Post by The Amethyst Dragon Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:44 am

With the next module update, sorcerers and wizards will gain the ability to personalize the projectiles of their magic missile spells.

This will make use of a new VC command: ;;option mm x, with x a number from the following list:

The List:
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The first time this spell is cast by an item (scroll, wand, etc.), the type of projectile(s) produced should be randomly assigned (or preset in the toolset). Later castings by the same item (if multi-use), should produce the same type of projectile(s).

NPC casters will also have their type of projectile either randomly assigned or preselected in the toolset.

Note: If you have the March 17 version of the aenea.tlk file, the spell description gives the wrong VC command for selecting the desired projectiles. The correct one is listed here and in the newer March 18 version of the aenea.tlk file. Existing magic missile scrolls do not have the information on the VC command (the command shouldn't work when casting from scrolls anyway).

Once I finish with the spell script updates and revamp the scroll scribing code, PC-made magic missile scrolls should be preset to whatever type of projectile the spellcaster has set at the time of scribing.


Known issue with using the non-default projectiles:
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Post by The Amethyst Dragon Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:25 pm

The Amethyst Dragon wrote:NPC casters will also have their type of projectile either randomly assigned or preselected in the toolset.
Already having fun with this. Had a couple of skeleton mages casting this spell at my 3rd level character in the graveyard yesterday. One hit me with yellow comets, the other with glowing purple daggers. Smile
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Post by MannyJabrielle Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:16 pm

Question about the random assignments... can they be made specific for items? I picked up I think it was a gold dragon staff (which has unlimited magic missiles)... I totally thing that should shoot out dragon missiles... but the staff shot out bat missiles Laughing
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Post by The Amethyst Dragon Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:33 pm

The projectile type can be assigned to specific items. That particular one might do better with one of the yellow projectiles rather than dragons though, as the only dragons available are chromatic (black, blue, green, red, & white...the metallic ones just didn't provide enough color variation to be worth adding).
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Post by MannyJabrielle Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:39 pm

That's true... I don't recall if any of the other "dragon" type staffs have MM on them either anyway. It was kinda funny though seeing it shoot bats Smile
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