Epic Spellcasting Question

[jcsw]

When developing epic spells, you can expand the range of a spell by 100% for +2 spellcraft DC, would multiple uses of this modifier stack like the multipliers in dnd or like normal math? that is if I apply the modifier 4 times, would the range be 5 times the originial, 16 times?

[Zincorium]

I think the trick to point out here is that you are not multiplying the amount each time by 2, you're adding a +100% modifier, so you end up with +400% after adding the modifier four times.

It ends up being *5, yea. This is mostly to prevent the numbers from skyrocketing exponentially.

[KoDT69]

No. It doesn't work that way. The whole "different kind of multiplication" isn't really that hard, but for those who don't understand, they have been creating errata to say +100% instead. If the spell range is 30ft and you add +100% it's 60ft, +100% again is 90ft, 120ft, 150ft. Epic Spellcasting is already rediculous enough as it is... :smallyuk:

[jcsw]

Oh. Well I guess my plans to make a spell to hit any spot on the globe with a permanant dominate spell dosen't work.

(If it worked exponentially you can cover the globe just by doubling range 19 times from the original 75 ft)

[sikyon]

You can always ritual it

[KoDT69]

Summon caster monsters to help you ritual cast. Make a ritual that PERMANENTLY summons more caster monsters. Wsh, rinse, repeat, until you have nigh infinite permanent casting buddies. Problem solved :smallbiggrin:

[jcsw]

Well It's actually a psionic character with epic manifesting.

And it's a thrallherd. So I have a small city full of followers (yes, they all live in a small city, my main character rules it), since quite a few of them are also thrallherds.

So I have an estimated -1000 DC by using mass rituals.

[koldstare]

you could always burn XP or have a costly material component or increase casting time to lower DC