Spellcasting fighters-neat trick

Stratos · 02-07-2003, 09:26 AM

This is a pretty neat trick wich will allow a character to use items like scrolls and potions that he can´t normally use.

Take, for example, a plain Fighter, a Scroll of Fireball, and an item that he CAN use, like a Potion of Healing.
Go to the inventory screen and right-click on the potion and then press Drink potion(you will hear a "gulping" sound). Now move the potion(it will still be there until you exit the inventory screen) to an empty slot in your inventory and the place the scroll where the potion used to be.
When you exit the inventory your character will use the scroll instead of the potion

Spellcasting Monks anyone [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Annatar · 02-07-2003, 10:41 AM

didn't knew about it.... but isn't it so that fighter classes can't use scrolls so they aren't allowed in the quickitem slots 2... or am I really wrong here? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

Stratos · 02-07-2003, 11:31 AM

By slot I mean an empty inventory space. Sorry if I wasn´t more exact what I meant.

LS0158 · 02-07-2003, 11:44 AM

Isn't that cheating, having a fighter use a wizard item?

Angelousss · 02-07-2003, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LS0158:
Isn't that cheating, having a fighter use a wizard item?

yep, it's exploiting a bug

Olorin · 02-07-2003, 03:22 PM

The most famous use of this exploit is to swap in a scroll of find familiar for the potion, allowing any class to get a familiar. (Although maybe the Wizard Slayer kit can't use the trick--do they have any items to do this with?--no potions after all)

[ 02-07-2003, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Olorin ]

SixOfSpades · 02-07-2003, 03:31 PM

*IF* you have ToB, Wizard Slayers can use all types of Healing Potions, as well as Antidotes and Elixirs of Health. They may not use Potions of Regeneration.

If you're playing with plain SoA, Wizard Slayers can't use Jack S.

LennonCook · 02-07-2003, 10:36 PM

Next time you`re fighting a mage, use this to cast Acid Arrow... remember that the "Lasting" damage disrupts spells...
If it hits the right person.

[ 02-08-2003, 01:16 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

Alson · 02-08-2003, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LennonCook:
Next time you`re fighting a mage, use this to cast Acid Arrow... remember that the "Lasting" damage disrupts spells...
If it hits the right person.

The potion-swap trick only applies to scrolls that can be cast on self.

Annatar · 02-08-2003, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alson:

Quote:
Originally posted by LennonCook:
Next time you`re fighting a mage, use this to cast Acid Arrow... remember that the "Lasting" damage disrupts spells...
If it hits the right person.

The potion-swap trick only applies to scrolls that can be cast on self. [/QUOTE]and an acid arrow isn't really nice to cast on your self

... try spells like mirror image & stoneskin....

02-07-2003, 09:26 AM	#1
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 3,888	This is a pretty neat trick wich will allow a character to use items like scrolls and potions that he can´t normally use. Take, for example, a plain Fighter, a Scroll of Fireball, and an item that he CAN use, like a Potion of Healing. Go to the inventory screen and right-click on the potion and then press Drink potion(you will hear a "gulping" sound). Now move the potion(it will still be there until you exit the inventory screen) to an empty slot in your inventory and the place the scroll where the potion used to be. When you exit the inventory your character will use the scroll instead of the potion Spellcasting Monks anyone [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

02-07-2003, 10:41 AM	#2
Annatar Mephistopheles Join Date: January 7, 2003 Location: Holland Age: 38 Posts: 1,402	didn't knew about it.... but isn't it so that fighter classes can't use scrolls so they aren't allowed in the quickitem slots 2... or am I really wrong here? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] __________________ <br />Nau Tagnik\'zur zhal fre\'sla wun ussta i\'dol. -Annatar

02-07-2003, 11:31 AM	#3
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 3,888	By slot I mean an empty inventory space. Sorry if I wasn´t more exact what I meant. __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

02-07-2003, 03:22 PM	#6
Olorin Avatar Join Date: May 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 48 Posts: 544	The most famous use of this exploit is to swap in a scroll of find familiar for the potion, allowing any class to get a familiar. (Although maybe the Wizard Slayer kit can't use the trick--do they have any items to do this with?--no potions after all) [ 02-07-2003, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Olorin ] __________________ "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not" --The Two Towers

02-07-2003, 03:31 PM	#7
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	IF you have ToB, Wizard Slayers can use all types of Healing Potions, as well as Antidotes and Elixirs of Health. They may not use Potions of Regeneration. If you're playing with plain SoA, Wizard Slayers can't use Jack S. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

02-07-2003, 11:44 AM	#4
LS0158 Zhentarim Guard Join Date: November 11, 2002 Location: North Carolina Age: 66 Posts: 351	Isn't that cheating, having a fighter use a wizard item?

02-07-2003, 10:36 PM	#8
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	Next time you`re fighting a mage, use this to cast Acid Arrow... remember that the "Lasting" damage disrupts spells... If it hits the right person. [ 02-08-2003, 01:16 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

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