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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #1

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When equipped with the Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise can the Wizard cast the Lightning Storm spell twice in the same round?I know one would be cast as spell.

My current spell damage is 12 I have the mad evoker's charm, but it only works on one spell since the second spell would be considered a scroll, and evoker's charm doesn't work with scrolls. The math would be 20 spell + 12 spell damage + 20 Mad Evoker's Charm (doesn't get additional 12?) + 20 spell (as scroll), equaling 72? Is this the correct calculation?

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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #2

Donald Rients wrote: When equipped with the Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise can the Wizard cast the Lightning Storm spell twice in the same round?I know one would be cast as spell.

My current spell damage is 12 I have the mad evoker's charm, but it only works on one spell since the second spell would be considered a scroll, and evoker's charm doesn't work with scrolls. The math would be 20 spell + 12 spell damage + 20 Mad Evoker's Charm (doesn't get additional 12?) + 20 spell (as scroll), equaling 72? Is this the correct calculation?

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Well - you can't use MeC twice in one round in any case, so don't worry about that.

MeC "doubles" the base damage of a spell plus planar skill check bonus only. "doubles" is in quotes, because what it really does is give you a damage pool equal to the base damage of a spell you may distribute among targets.

So, MeC on Lightning Storm gives you 20 points of damage to all monsters + 20 points of damage spread however you like among all monsters (but not to each).

I believe you can use Crown of Expertise and Bracelets of the Zephyr together based on the wording in TDb.

The result with a spell damage bonus of 12 would be:

Spell from the card "doubled" with MeC: 20 points base damage to all monsters, 12 point damage pool from your spell bonus, 20 point damage pool from MeC.

Then use Crown of Expertise + Bracelets of the Zephyr for a second casting: 20 to all monsters.

So you would do 40 to all monsters, and have another 32 points of damage to send where you want.

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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #3

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Matthew Hayward wrote:

Donald Rients wrote: When equipped with the Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise can the Wizard cast the Lightning Storm spell twice in the same round?I know one would be cast as spell.

My current spell damage is 12 I have the mad evoker's charm, but it only works on one spell since the second spell would be considered a scroll, and evoker's charm doesn't work with scrolls. The math would be 20 spell + 12 spell damage + 20 Mad Evoker's Charm (doesn't get additional 12?) + 20 spell (as scroll), equaling 72? Is this the correct calculation?

Not sure what category to put these questions, so I used the Token one.


Well - you can't use MeC twice in one round in any case, so don't worry about that.

MeC "doubles" the base damage of a spell plus planar skill check bonus only. "doubles" is in quotes, because what it really does is give you a damage pool equal to the base damage of a spell you may distribute among targets.

So, MeC on Lightning Storm gives you 20 points of damage to all monsters + 20 points of damage spread however you like among all monsters (but not to each).

I believe you can use Crown of Expertise and Bracelets of the Zephyr together based on the wording in TDb.

The result with a spell damage bonus of 12 would be:

Spell from the card "doubled" with MeC: 20 points base damage to all monsters, 12 point damage pool from your spell bonus, 20 point damage pool from MeC.

Then use Crown of Expertise + Bracelets of the Zephyr for a second casting: 20 to all monsters.

So you would do 40 to all monsters, and have another 32 points of damage to send where you want.


Thank you, as you can see I am trying to orep for Origins. No one ever takes wizards (and there are 2) so I am building those and the Cleric. That way I don't need to take as many tokens.

So, as far as monster resistances, having the eldritch items no longer affects that?

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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #4

Donald Rients wrote: So, as far as monster resistances, having the eldritch items no longer affects that?


That's right.

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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #5

I am not sure.

The crown let's one use a power or spell without marking it off the card, but doesnt affect the type of action

tokendb.com/token/crown-of-expertise/

However the tokendb entry for bracelets of the zephyr specifically says "
Once per room, if the wearer has cast a spell from the character card as a Standard Action, the wearer may cast an additional unused spell as a Free Action in the same round. (Both spells are marked off the player’s character card.) Thus, the wearer may cast two spells in one round.

The bonus spell is “cast as a scroll” so it may not be modified by skill tests or other enhancements which normally apply to spells, nor may it be duplicated by other items/effects."

tokendb.com/token/bracelets-of-the-zephyr/

Since the crown doesn't require marking it off, does that still count as casting it from the character card for purposes of the bracelets?

I would think it does work, but I could see it being the other way.
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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #6

Wade you bring up a good point. However I believe the wording about marking off two spells with the bracelets is more of an explanation than an official requirement.

In other words, normally you would mark off both spells, but the crown modifies that.

Perhaps Druegar will confirm.
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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #7

It's late and I'm feeling unusually think-headed. Might I trouble y'all for an "Executive Summery" of the question please?
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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #8

Druegar wrote: It's late and I'm feeling unusually think-headed. Might I trouble y'all for an "Executive Summery" of the question please?


My understanding of the question:
Canine use the power of Crown of Expertise to "cast" a spell from the card without marking it off as one's standard action, and use bracelets of the zephyr as one's free action to cast it "as a scroll" in the same round?
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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #9

Wade Schwendemann wrote:

Druegar wrote: It's late and I'm feeling unusually think-headed. Might I trouble y'all for an "Executive Summery" of the question please?


My understanding of the question:
Canine use the power of Crown of Expertise to "cast" a spell from the card without marking it off as one's standard action, and use bracelets of the zephyr as one's free action to cast it "as a scroll" in the same round?


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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #10

Ugh. Should have been
"Can one"
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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #11

Wade Schwendemann wrote: Ugh. Should have been
"Can one"


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Bracelets of Zephyr and Crown of Expertise 4 years 9 months ago #12

Druegar wrote: It's late and I'm feeling unusually think-headed. Might I trouble y'all for an "Executive Summery" of the question please?


Let me take a stab at it:

The question in particular is: Can a 5th level Wizard cast Lightning Storm twice in one round (which only has one box on the card) by using Crown of Expertise and Bracelets of the Zephyr.

If yes, how does that work? If no, why not?

The question as pertains to the general rules is:

The TDb entry says of Bracelets of the Zephyr in parenthetical text:
(Both spells are marked off the player's card.)
Is this just reminder text, or is this a 'cost' of using the Bracelets of the Zephyr. Because if it's a 'cost', then the cost becomes impossible to pay if you use Crown of Expertise on your standard action spell.

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