nakedonmyfoldin
2019-11-14, 12:32 PM
Good afternoon!
I had an idea for an item very similar to the rod of absorption. I wanted it to slurp up a spell that's slung at the player, but to store the actual spell use for later use. My idea was this:
Rod of Spell Returning
If you're wielding the rod (which doubles as a mace magical for the sake of resistance) and you are targeted or suffer the effects of an enemies spell. If you successfully save/defend against the spell, you may use your reaction to absorb the effects of the spell into the rod. The effects of this stored spell may be duplicated by anyone using the rod using the appropriate action and save as if they're casting the spell themself (minus components). The rod may only store one spell effect at a time.
Does this seem balanced? The only downside I see is if a hag throws something high level at them and they save they can store some pretty nasty spells, but c'est la vie in my opinion, i'm not offended by my players doing well.
I had an idea for an item very similar to the rod of absorption. I wanted it to slurp up a spell that's slung at the player, but to store the actual spell use for later use. My idea was this:
Rod of Spell Returning
If you're wielding the rod (which doubles as a mace magical for the sake of resistance) and you are targeted or suffer the effects of an enemies spell. If you successfully save/defend against the spell, you may use your reaction to absorb the effects of the spell into the rod. The effects of this stored spell may be duplicated by anyone using the rod using the appropriate action and save as if they're casting the spell themself (minus components). The rod may only store one spell effect at a time.
Does this seem balanced? The only downside I see is if a hag throws something high level at them and they save they can store some pretty nasty spells, but c'est la vie in my opinion, i'm not offended by my players doing well.