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08-31-2009, 10:34 AM
For some time we had spell overrides in place that were meant to limit all spell durations to no more than 2 minutes/level. However, due to a scripting error of mine, these changes were actually not being applied as I thought they were. As I was looking at the problem of using the Scribe Scroll feat with our modified spells (such as Greater Magic Weapon), I discovered and corrected this error (along with the fix that all modified spells may now be correctly scribed to scrolls – including Greater Magic Weapon).
I especially wanted this to apply to spells that have a duration of 1 hour/level as our in-game hour is 15 minutes, since a few simple spells (like Greater Magic Weapon, etc) could essentially give a PC a magic weapon or magic bonus for an extremely long period of time. 2 minutes/level is actually the default amount of time per hour in the original NWN game, which is why that duration was selected. Being this is a PW where magic items of +3 or more are difficult to find, these changes are primarily put in place in an effort to balance the power that magic-users have over non-magic users.
I do realize the miscommunication on spell durations is my fault. These spell duration changes are listed in the in-game guide, but were not updated here on the forum site since they occurred during one of the transition phases to this forum. My apologies on not communicating this better, and as with any complaints/concerns/feedback/etc about something, I request you contact me directly with them.
I especially wanted this to apply to spells that have a duration of 1 hour/level as our in-game hour is 15 minutes, since a few simple spells (like Greater Magic Weapon, etc) could essentially give a PC a magic weapon or magic bonus for an extremely long period of time. 2 minutes/level is actually the default amount of time per hour in the original NWN game, which is why that duration was selected. Being this is a PW where magic items of +3 or more are difficult to find, these changes are primarily put in place in an effort to balance the power that magic-users have over non-magic users.
I do realize the miscommunication on spell durations is my fault. These spell duration changes are listed in the in-game guide, but were not updated here on the forum site since they occurred during one of the transition phases to this forum. My apologies on not communicating this better, and as with any complaints/concerns/feedback/etc about something, I request you contact me directly with them.