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Post by hengest on Jul 24, 2021 18:19:07 GMT -5
The spell, cast on a body of water that contains fish, makes it quite likely that you will be able to catch a fish, even with limited materials at hand. Just how the spell accomplishes this is unknown, as the fish still appears to be caught by normal means.
There is a 10% chance the fish will speak and try to ransom itself with information.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 24, 2021 20:13:42 GMT -5
The spell, cast on a body of water that contains fish, makes it quite likely that you will be able to catch a fish, even with limited materials at hand. Just how the spell accomplishes this is unknown, as the fish still appears to be caught by normal means. There is a 10% chance the fish will speak and try to ransom itself with information. Oh, that is a great twist! |
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Post by mao on Jul 25, 2021 6:29:20 GMT -5
A cantrip version of this would be that it grants you the bility to grab a fish that which is arm reach once in the next 10 turns
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Post by hengest on Jul 25, 2021 6:53:15 GMT -5
A cantrip version of this would be that it grants you the bility to grab a fish that which is arm reach once in the next 10 turns So you think this is 1st level? |
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Post by mao on Jul 25, 2021 7:01:24 GMT -5
Yea
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 25, 2021 12:53:41 GMT -5
The spell, cast on a body of water that contains fish, makes it quite likely that you will be able to catch a fish, even with limited materials at hand. Just how the spell accomplishes this is unknown, as the fish still appears to be caught by normal means. There is a 10% chance the fish will speak and try to ransom itself with information. I think this is a powerful cantrip, but still a cantrip. Reason is that 10% chance, which is so gamable, you want the player to use this a lot. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 25, 2021 12:55:00 GMT -5
A cantrip version of this would be that it grants you the bility to grab a fish that which is arm reach once in the next 10 turns If it takes that long to catch a fish, you would be better of to just learn how to tickle fish, too weak. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 25, 2021 13:18:03 GMT -5
I do see what you mean mao, but I am still thinking of it as a cantrip. I am thinking more and more of cantrip-centric community magic. Hmm...maybe a thread on that...I wonder if that has been done. |
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Post by mao on Jul 25, 2021 13:24:52 GMT -5
I have a couple of farming spells for mages. I only remember 1. Would happily contribute to this. Always love the idea
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Post by hengest on Jul 25, 2021 13:30:27 GMT -5
I'll tag you in wherever I post mao |
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Post by mao on Jul 26, 2021 4:50:25 GMT -5
A cantrip version of this would be that it grants you the bility to grab a fish that which is arm reach once in the next 10 turns If it takes that long to catch a fish, you would be better of to just learn how to tickle fish, too weak. what I meant is that you have the ability to correctly grab any fish within arm reach, far better than tickling. Also mages learn spell so they don't HAVE to learn how to do things.. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 26, 2021 9:12:21 GMT -5
If it takes that long to catch a fish, you would be better of to just learn how to tickle fish, too weak. what I meant is that you have the ability to correctly grab any fish within arm reach, far better than tickling. Also mages learn spell so they don't HAVE to learn how to do things.. Perhaps, but 10 turns of attempts for one success is a huge boatload of attempts. The cantrip as written says one success in 10 turns. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 26, 2021 9:32:46 GMT -5
I wanted it to look like normal fish-catching, juat very unlikely to fail or take very long. Then the goodness is in the 10%.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 26, 2021 9:44:51 GMT -5
I wanted it to look like normal fish-catching, just very unlikely to fail or take very long. Then the goodness is in the 10%. Yeah, I think yours if fine, I am commenting on mao's version which (as written) implies hundreds of attempts for one success. I first level fishing spell, would just have the fish jump into the boat. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 26, 2021 9:49:06 GMT -5
I wanted it to look like normal fish-catching, just very unlikely to fail or take very long. Then the goodness is in the 10%. Yeah, I think yours if fine, I am commenting on mao 's version which (as written) implies hundreds of attempts for one success. I first level fishing spell, would just have the fish jump into the boat. Right, I was just clarifying I was hoping for this one to be a spell, but not even really look like one (unless the fish talks). Yes, agreed on first-level fishing. The cantrip doesn't actually summon or catch a fish. It just makes it very likely and helps it to happen more quickly. I admit I have not done a ton of fishing but I have witnessed it a lot and it seems that there are a lot of circumstances where it's pretty easy to catch several fish in as many minutes, someone correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 26, 2021 9:57:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I think yours if fine, I am commenting on mao 's version which (as written) implies hundreds of attempts for one success. I first level fishing spell, would just have the fish jump into the boat. Right, I was just clarifying I was hoping for this one to be a spell, but not even really look like one (unless the fish talks). Yes, agreed on first-level fishing. The cantrip doesn't actually summon or catch a fish. It just makes it very likely and helps it to happen more quickly. I admit I have not done a ton of fishing but I have witnessed it a lot and it seems that there are a lot of circumstances where it's pretty easy to catch several fish in as many minutes, someone correct me if I'm wrong. I have done quite a bit of fishing as a boy with the family both immediate and extended. Back in the 1960s I remember one particular day when my cousin and I each caught over 20 fish in a couple of hours, but no one else of the 12 family members even got a bit. Sometimes fish are biting and sometimes not at all. In a pond for instance something they bite just in one area but not elsewhere. Sometimes they are biting everywhere. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 26, 2021 9:59:30 GMT -5
Right, I was just clarifying I was hoping for this one to be a spell, but not even really look like one (unless the fish talks). Yes, agreed on first-level fishing. The cantrip doesn't actually summon or catch a fish. It just makes it very likely and helps it to happen more quickly. I admit I have not done a ton of fishing but I have witnessed it a lot and it seems that there are a lot of circumstances where it's pretty easy to catch several fish in as many minutes, someone correct me if I'm wrong. I have done quite a bit of fishing as a boy with the family both immediate and extended. Back in the 1960s I remember one particular day when my cousin and I each caught over 20 fish in a couple of hours, but no one else of the 12 family members even got a bit. Sometimes fish are biting and sometimes not at all. In a pond for instance something they bite just in one area but not elsewhere. Sometimes they are biting everywhere. So that works, the cantrip helps avoid a fishless attempt. If you want to eat a fish, cast it and whatever means you use is likely to get you at least one fish. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 26, 2021 10:06:12 GMT -5
I have done quite a bit of fishing as a boy with the family both immediate and extended. Back in the 1960s I remember one particular day when my cousin and I each caught over 20 fish in a couple of hours, but no one else of the 12 family members even got a bit. Sometimes fish are biting and sometimes not at all. In a pond for instance something they bite just in one area but not elsewhere. Sometimes they are biting everywhere. So that works, the cantrip helps avoid a fishless attempt. If you want to eat a fish, cast it and whatever means you use is likely to get you at least one fish. In a regular game where players often live off the land a lot, like my campaigns tend to run, this would be a great spell. Something that could be taught to non magic-users even. |
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