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#1 Sysane Mar 24, 2005 14:37:35	Just thought I throw out the house rules I use for defiling for those that might be interested in an optional rule set. Its a blend of athas.orgs rules and paizo's. Athas.org's feats would still work with it. Defiling Rules Defiling Radius = 5ft x spell level. (0 level spells defile a single 5-ft square occupied by the caster). Living creatures in the defiling radius must make fort save DC10 + ½ spellcaster level + Int Modifier or suffer a -2 to attack, skill, and save rolls for 1 rd. Plant creatures also suffer 2 hp damage x spell slot expended (0 level spells inflict 1 hp of damage). The terrain the wizard is on at the time he is casting a spell effects the spells DC as follows: *see athas.orgs terrain table* Wizards who chose to defile can extend the casting time of a spell to a full round action (If the spell being cast already has a 1 rd or more casting time it is increased to an additional rd). In doing so they can apply a boost to their spell in the form of a metamagic feat at the moment of the casting. The wizard must have the actual metamagic feat in order to apply the lower cost modifier. Otherwise, they must use the higher cost. A wizard may defile in this way a number of times a day equal to 2 + his Int modifier. [HTML]Effect Cost Modifier Silent Spell 2/4 Still Spell 2/4 Heighten Spell 2/4 per spell level Empower Spell 6/8 Extend Spell 4/6 Quicken Spell 8/10 Maximize Spell 8/10 Enlarge Spell 4/6 Recover Spell 2 per spell level (Once per spell level per day) Cast Spell without paying XP cost 2 per 250 XP Cast Spell without expensive material component 2 per 500 gp[/HTML] The metamagic effect modifier can not exceed the caster’s spellcasting level. (i.e. A 6th level wizard couldn’t use defiling to cast a maximized fireball because that would exceed his caster level, but a 8th level wizard could). Defiling in this way increases the wizard’s defiling radius a number of feet equal the to metamagic effect’s modifier (i.e. A 6th level defiler that casts an empowered 3rd level spell would have a 21’defiling radius). Preservers who defile must roll a will save vs a DC equal to the spell level + Defiler Benefit Modifier + # of times previously defiled. Failing the save they become defilers and can only cast spells through defiling. Those succeeding become tainted. Tainted preservers suffer a –2 penalty to all Charisma-based skill checks where as defilers suffer a -4. Tainted wizards may seek redemption from a druid. The druid, if willing and able, can cast an Atonement spell on the tainted wizard restoring them to a preserver and removing the taint (resetting the # of times defiled to zero). Wizard loses 100xp per arcane spellcaster level. Defilers can also seek redemption but lose 1000xp per arcane spellcaster level.
#2 nytcrawlr Mar 24, 2005 14:43:47	Good work Sysane. I might have to use some of this myself. I still like the Noonan/Paizo defiler taint rules, minus the whole T'liz thing anyways, but I plan on cleaning those rules up some.
#3 draggah Mar 24, 2005 15:15:12	I really like Noonan's system as well. I cut it out of the magazine and put it in the back of my Athas.org print out. It can even work with some of the defiler feats with some adjustment (to the feats). The only flaw to it is that a defiler who doesn't boost his spell in some way doesn't cause any destruction in that particular instance. That is easily fixed however.
#4 Sysane Mar 24, 2005 15:22:48	I really like Noonan's system as well. I cut it out of the magazine and put it in the back of my Athas.org print out. It can even work with some of the defiler feats with some adjustment (to the feats). The only flaw to it is that a defiler who doesn't boost his spell in some way doesn't cause any destruction in that particular instance. That is easily fixed however. I have it that a defilier always defiles the land regardless if he applys a meta magic effect to the spell or not.
#5 draggah Mar 24, 2005 23:31:54	Me too, however, Noonan's rules as written don't explicitly state that this is the case.