Spell Scaling Options: Shards, Intelligence, Caster Level
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I would like an XML option to scale spell effect and duration by shards, intelligence stat or caster level.
Example:
- Arcane Arrow does damage equal to 50% of caster's Intelligence (i.e. a caster with Intel 20 does 10 points of damage)
- Arcane Arrow does 4+(+4 points per air shard) (i.e. a caster than controls 1 air shard does 8 points of damage)
- Arcane Arrow does 4 points of damage per caster level (i.e. a 5th level caster does 20 points of damage)
Example 2:
- Quicksand lasts for 1 turn +1 turn per earth shard
- Quicksand lasts for 1 turn per caster level
Example 3:
- Summon Dire Bear (3rd Level Spell) lasts for 1 turn per caster level
- Summon Dire Bear cast by a 3rd level caster would last for 3 turns
- Summon Dire Bear cast by a 5th level caster would last for 5 turns
- Summon Greater Air Elemental lasts for 2 turns + 2 turns per air shard
- Summon Greater Air Elemental lasts for 33% of the Casters Intelligence Level (rounded down); Intel 9 = 3 turns, Intel 12 = 4 turns....Intel 21 = 7 turns