Idea Man
2008-01-23, 11:23 PM
As many of us know, divine metamagic is cheese. The most horrible outlet of this is persistent spell. This uses seven turn attempts, but this can be mitigated with nightsticks (rod of extra turning).
Now, how many nightsticks can you use at once? The text is ambiguous at best ("in your possession"). Is it like any other non-worn item, where you can only use one at a time (you could use two, one for each hand, but typically spellcasting requires a hand)? Or are you good as long as you don't stick them in your Handy Haversack.
If you can only use one at a time, then persistent spell will eat all the charges from the nightstick plus three from the caster. That's two or three castings a day at most. Cheese, but not game-breaking cheese. It would cut down on quickened spells a bit, too.
Which way is it, in-hand only or all carried? Which way should it be? I say you should have to hold the nightstick to use it, for both fluff and crunch reasons (fluff would be that it's covered in holy symbols, so a kind of support for the holy symbol; crunch that you'd have to get out new nightsticks as you burn through them).
Now, how many nightsticks can you use at once? The text is ambiguous at best ("in your possession"). Is it like any other non-worn item, where you can only use one at a time (you could use two, one for each hand, but typically spellcasting requires a hand)? Or are you good as long as you don't stick them in your Handy Haversack.
If you can only use one at a time, then persistent spell will eat all the charges from the nightstick plus three from the caster. That's two or three castings a day at most. Cheese, but not game-breaking cheese. It would cut down on quickened spells a bit, too.
Which way is it, in-hand only or all carried? Which way should it be? I say you should have to hold the nightstick to use it, for both fluff and crunch reasons (fluff would be that it's covered in holy symbols, so a kind of support for the holy symbol; crunch that you'd have to get out new nightsticks as you burn through them).