Star of Badna

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#1

zombiegleemax

Oct 24, 2005 19:46:41
Looking at the abilites of the Star of Badna I noticed that it has a ability twice per day of Mage's Disjunction. Am I wrong on this name of this spell? I seem to cant find it anywhere in the Player's Handbook. The only one that comes close is a 9th lvl Wizard/Sorcerer spell called Mordenkainen's Disjunction. That sounds like the listed power of the Star but I just want to double check.

Thats a crazy power btw...and twice per day??? Plus a Spell turning...twice per day??? :O

-Introneurotic
#2

Sysane

Oct 24, 2005 19:58:08
Looking at the abilites of the Star of Badna I noticed that it has a ability twice per day of Mage's Disjunction. Am I wrong on this name of this spell? I seem to cant find it anywhere in the Player's Handbook. The only one that comes close is a 9th lvl Wizard/Sorcerer spell called Mordenkainen's Disjunction. That sounds like the listed power of the Star but I just want to double check.

Thats a crazy power btw...and twice per day??? Plus a Spell turning...twice per day??? :O

-Introneurotic

It is one in the same. "mage's disjunction" is the OGL term for the spell.
#3

squidfur-

Oct 24, 2005 19:59:11
I'm going to go w/ the assumption that these two spells are one and the same, but as Mordenkainen has had no way to "share" his spells with the wizards of athas it is given a more generic name. This was done in 2nd edition as well (in Preservers and Defilers). For those spells that had the name of an other-worldly wizard in it's name (ie Otiluk, Tenser, etc) it was simply removed. So, for example Tenser's floating disc on Athas, was simply floating disc.
#4

squidfur-

Oct 24, 2005 20:00:46
Or you could go with Sysane's crazy logic


your too quick Sysane
#5

Sysane

Oct 24, 2005 20:02:59
Or you could go with Sysane's crazy logic


your too quick Sysane

:D
#6

kalthandrix

Oct 24, 2005 20:47:06
No Sysane is quite sane (love the pun), at least as far as this example- but I am not a mental healthcare profesional :D .

It is listed as Mages Disjunction in the SRD- all named spells are like that (tiny hut, hidious laughter, transformation). It makes them 'generalized' instead of world/setting specific- Mordenkainen does not exist on Athas so why would there be a spell named after him?
#7

Pennarin

Oct 24, 2005 22:03:14
Effectively Kal, but the Asp's exhalation of the braxat is still exhalation of the black dragon, even in the SRD. ;)
#8

jon_oracle_of_athas

Oct 25, 2005 2:18:59
Sysane's explanation is correct, while it conveniently fits with Squidfur's reference to AD&D 2E Dark Sun's naming scheme.
#9

kalthandrix

Oct 25, 2005 6:05:46
Effectively Kal, but the Asp's exhalation of the braxat is still exhalation of the black dragon, even in the SRD. ;)

Well there are no black dragons on DS so I went with a critter that did have acid breath because what else would it be called!