At the very least, you may rule that they take a penalty to their caster levels (maybe -2 to -4 depending on their level). As part of their visit to Athas you may make it that they have to learn from from a local wizard on how to effectively cast spells while on Athas. Be that from a preserver or a defilier is up to you.
As to arcane casters i am not real familiar with the warlock but would say to not have the casting ability would put them beyond serious risk for death it'd be like taking a skinny no muscles kid and throwing him into the arena with no weapons or armor to face a few starving Kreen!.
so the way i played it back in 2E is that the world of asthas was not strongly connected to the weave ,as they call in in FR, but still connected. i would reduce the CL for all arcane spells cast by at least -1 for every 2 levels so a level 6 arcane caster would be cast as a level 4 this reduces the effectiveness a good deal with out leaving them utterly defenseless. As for spells where it does not matter what the CL is you might reduce an effect on the fly of your choosing like the distance or duration.
the scale for the arcane casters that i used was:
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level CL adj. Effective Caster Level
1 0 1
2 -1 1
3 -1 2
4 -2 2
5 -2 3
6 -3 3
7 -3 4
8 -4 4
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i know some will think its a bit harsh but if you think about it the average CL for a planar traveler is going to be around 14 to 16 ot higher so its not that bad. Also these effects would be negated if they study with a DS wiz for at least 1 month then they can learn enough to alter their spell casting enough to be effective.
What do you guys think?
They might even kill or torture party members to get the off world wiz to tell them how to do it.
As for sorcerers as per the description they pull the energy from with in themselves so maybe they work properly or maybe the do damage to themselves ever time they cast a spell say either 1 point per spell level or a scaling roll up to a D12. Again the level for the average plane hopping character is at least level 14.
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Spell Level Damage
1 D4
2 D4
3 D6
4 D6
5 D8
6 D8
7 D10
8 D10
9 D12
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Oh yeah, and Divine spellcasters would need to switch to local elemental 'powers' to gain spellcasting.. and their old patrons may not be too happy about that..
And for characters from Athas trying to access deities from other worlds, it could anger the elemental lords that the elemental conduicts are being heavily tampered with by the deities of other worlds, and therefore they can deny access to them by the deities. (This is just an early thought though). If you have any more questions/ideas/etc. email me at [email]LordZallen@hotmail.com[/email]
I have two sorcerers, a Mystic (from dragonlance) and a warlock. Now the mystic isn't too bad but what about the arcane casters?
The mystic draws divine energy from his/her soul...
Shouldn't have problems with casting.
Doesn't anyone here recall old DS materials saying that any non DS wizards who make it to DS won't be able to spellcast in the usual manner, that (assuming they aren't required to relearn how to draw energy from a local wizard, can't recall if it said that was a requirement or not...) they will be preservers, though they can of course, learn how to defile after that.
Oh yeah, and Divine spellcasters would need to switch to local elemental 'powers' to gain spellcasting.. and their old patrons may not be too happy about that..
Yes, look at the second post of the thread :P
Yes, look at the second post of the thread :P
What I meant was, whether it was Defilers and Preservers of Athas, or another book, old Source Materials have already covered that question, as to what happens when non DS spellcasters reach athas and attempt to cast magic, wizards are treated as preservers, though they can learn to defile. etc etc..