Chapter 389 Stone Shaping Wand (Ⅱ)

When a spellcaster crafts a wand or stave, if possible, he always sets his creation with a gem that matches the compatibility of the spell stored in the staff.

Different gems have different magical properties.

Only with matching magic tools can the enchanting characteristics of gemstones be brought into play, otherwise it is just a beautiful decoration.

For example, "Ruby", which is characterized by a particularly high degree of compatibility with "Evocation Department" magic, is inlaid on an Evocation Department magic wand, which can significantly increase the power of the spell released by the magic wand.

"Crimson Tears" looks almost indistinguishable from "Ruby", but the enchantment properties are completely different.

This gem cannot be used to enhance "Evocation" wands, but it is particularly compatible with "Transmutation" spells.

Then Joan can imagine that the ceramic wand in his hand must store some kind of transformation school spell.

Just as Joan was obsessed with observing the ceramic wand, trying to identify the spell it contained, George Vassar's next words revealed the answer for him.

"This is a 'Stone Plastic Wand', which can transform irregular stones into stone slabs and stone bricks of uniform size. It can also be used to strengthen city walls and dig city gates. Go back and study the usage of this magic wand, tomorrow in It can come in handy on construction sites.”

"So it's Stone Shaping..." Joan nodded thoughtfully, carefully put away his wand, bid farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Vassar and returned to his barracks.

It is well known that mages need a quiet environment to meditate and practice, so Joan received special care and lived alone in a tent. In addition to the camp bed, there was also a folding desk for his use.

Joan sat down at the desk, took out the ceramic wand, picked up a pen and wrote the fourth rune "Ansuz" on it, and a flash of elf writing appeared in front of his eyes.

Joan quickly read the entire text, and then copied it into his spell book.

He is already very proficient at this kind of analysis operation, and his intelligence attribute as high as 24 has endowed him with a near-photographic memory. It took less than an hour to transcribe the "Stone Shaping" spell analyzed from the magic wand into the spell on the book.

In fact, Joan is no stranger to the "Stone Shaping Technique". Not long ago, he witnessed Kandy cast this spell in Delin Town, turning a pile of loose ore into a stone wall without the slightest gap.

However, the "Stone Shaping" cast by Kandy is not exactly the same as the "Stone Shaping" that Joan copied at the moment. The spell version is a 4th level spell.

Both "Divine Art" and "Arcane Art" are magic, but there is a big difference in the way of using the magic net.

Corresponding to a specific spell, there may be both a divine spell version and an arcane spell version, but there are differences in the difficulty of realizing the spell in different ways, which leads to different spell slots occupied by the divine spell version and the arcane spell version of the same spell same.

Sometimes the level of the arcane version is lower than that of the divine version, and sometimes it is the opposite. "Stone Shaping" belongs to the latter case.

Regardless of the divine version or the arcane version of "Stone Shaping", the function is actually exactly the same. It can change the stone or stone products that the caster touches into the shape you want.

The use of "stone shaping" to manufacture stone products with simple structures, such as stone walls, stone boxes and stone doors, can guarantee absolute success, but it is impossible to process stone materials with fine carving.

If it is to directly manufacture an item with movable parts, such as a stone mill, then there is a certain chance that the spell will fail, causing the manufactured stone mill to have a shape but cannot rotate freely.

The upper limit of the volume of stone that can be processed by the stone shaping spell depends on the casting level, and is usually no less than 10 cubic feet.

Qiao An is currently unable to learn this spell up to level 4, but with the help of the "Stone Shaping Wand", he can cast Stone Shaping 10 times a day, counting the increase of "Crimson Tears", each time he can process up to 20 cubic feet of magic. stone.

After copying the last spell, Qiao An put down his pen and picked up the "Stone Wand" again to examine it intently.

As far as the enchanting process is concerned, ceramics are not a very good material. The biggest disadvantage is that it is too brittle, and it is easy to break if you are not careful.

The maker of this wand chose ceramics as the base material of the wand, which was actually a last resort.

"Sculpture of stone" requires "clay" as the casting material, and ceramics are actually clay that hardens after being burned at high temperature.

The "plastic stone wand" is made of ceramics. Every time a spell is cast, a part of the material of the wand itself will be consumed. Since the ceramics are very dense, the amount consumed each time is very small, which can be regarded as inexhaustible.

Joan has not made a wand himself, but he has learned the basic craft of making wands from Master Rawls.

As far as this "stone-shaping wand" is concerned, it uses the most mature and popular "integrated enchantment" - to put it bluntly, it is to combine several magic devices on one wand, so as to increase the daily magic power. The purpose of casting caps.

After some in-depth analysis, Joan confirmed that the maker of this "Stone Shaping Wand" was an 8th-level mage or 8th-level warlock with 2 4th-level spell slots.

In the first stage of making the wand, he performed regular enchantment on the ceramic rod inlaid with "Crimson Tears", which consumed 4 ounces of magic crystals, and the processed semi-finished wand could only cast stone shaping twice a day.

Next, perform the same enchanting operation repeatedly, each time consuming 2 ounces of magic crystals, and increase the upper limit of casting spells by 2 times, repeat the enchanting process five times, and finally get such a stone that can release "Stone Shaping" up to 10 times a day wand.

The cost for this is quite high. Among them, the total value of 20 ounces of magic crystals plus one "Crimson Tears" exceeds 13,000 Gold Durga, and this does not include the casting and labor costs of the maker himself.

At the beginning, Joan's craftsmanship of making the "secondary gorgeous belt" was similar to the "integrated enchantment", and they all used the same magic to stack repeatedly.

The difference is that Joann uses the magical No. 23 rune Daeg, which can save the magic crystal required for multiple enchantments, which greatly saves money costs.

It's a pity that this enchanting technique is only effective for very few spells involving "growth and evolution", and "Stone Shaping" is not included.

Thinking about it this way, although this method of making wands is not a clever one, Joan can't think of a more time-saving and cost-effective craft for the time being. If he needs to make his own wands in the future, this solidly crafted "Stone Wand" can be used as a magic wand. refer to.

P.S: According to the rules of the DND5 version, write an example of "Stone Shaping Wand"

This two-foot-long, half-inch-thick ceramic thin rod is inlaid with a thumb-sized "Crimson Tears" at one end, and the magical energy contained in it can be used to release the 4-ring "Stone Shaping" technique, and will not exceed 20 cubic feet. The stone is transformed into the shape desired by the bearer, and precision machining of the stone may cause the spell to fail.

The wand can release "Stone Shaping" up to 10 times a day, and it will be fully charged after 24 hours.