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Morgeruat · 01-08-2002, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by SixOfSpades:
Hmmm....the Mage and Cleric versions of this spell might be different. I know in BG1, it could only be cast by Clerics, and they could indeed create 1 skeleton per caster level. I remember wandering around Baldur's Gate with 30 Skeletons because I'd Charmed an Evil Cleric (who happened to be Level 10) and used up her Animate Dead spells.

The main difference is that the priestly version of the spell is 3rd level, rather than 5th like the mage variation, in PnP it says for the priest version that it is identical to the mage version.

Has anyone experimented with the priest version to see if you can get skeleton warriors? If so you could get the same troops from a 3rd lvl spell rather than spending a 5th level spell for the same effect...

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]

01-08-2002, 06:41 PM	#14
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 45 Posts: 5,421	quote: Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Hmmm....the Mage and Cleric versions of this spell might be different. I know in BG1, it could only be cast by Clerics, and they could indeed create 1 skeleton per caster level. I remember wandering around Baldur's Gate with 30 Skeletons because I'd Charmed an Evil Cleric (who happened to be Level 10) and used up her Animate Dead spells. The main difference is that the priestly version of the spell is 3rd level, rather than 5th like the mage variation, in PnP it says for the priest version that it is identical to the mage version. Has anyone experimented with the priest version to see if you can get skeleton warriors? If so you could get the same troops from a 3rd lvl spell rather than spending a 5th level spell for the same effect... [ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Morgeruat ] __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison