Talk:Stork Call (3.5e Spell)

Usefulness?

I feel tempted to question it. - TG Cid 18:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

I guess the usefulness is more of a roleplay or campaign-dependent thing than anything else. This spell could be used to impregnate the queen with the infertile king's seed and gain a really nice fee, I guess (Profit!). Then again...

Anyhow, not only is the casting time waaaaay too steep (who the hell would stay in a circle for 2d4 days?), but why is this spell available at three different spell levels without any mechanical difference whatsoever? Also, maybe you should specify the limits of the spell, such as not being able to make creatures unable to carry (such as most outsiders, etc.) targets of this spell and whatnot. -HarrowedMind 20:26, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

The difference is in the Targets list, and a casting time of 2d4 days isn't that long for a project with a starting process that lasts about 9 months. Also, there are no restrictions on gender, you may notice, so there are all sorts of weird things you can do with these spells. --Foxwarrior 20:59, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

This reminds me of the spell "Always Useful", which enables you to make toast while underwater, but only at night and the target eater of the toast must be a penguin. -- Eiji-kun 01:14, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

So it lets you reenact the movie Twins. Whoop-de-fuckin' doo. - TG Cid 01:41, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

I am sure we can find a way to break this... --Leziad 01:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I know! Two gods use this to make an army of godspawn. Done. - TG Cid 01:47, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Also it doesn't say the target has to be female. This is now a slow save or die, when the kid ultimately kills its male host. -- Eiji-kun 01:48, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh oh a 4th level save or die? --Leziad 01:52, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

2nd level. By the way, you're pregnant. It's a plushie. -- Eiji-kun 01:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Got a Xenomorph Paladin or Cleric? Suddenly you have no need for facehuggers anymore! Sheer Brilliance. -- BackHandOfFate 19:54, 14 August 2012 (PST)

Conscious and willing. --Foxwarrior 23:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

(And also 2D4 day casting time.) I don't want the effects of this spell to depend on the target's gender, and have reworded accordingly. --Ideasmith 23:51, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Personally I think the spell is fine. It might not be "useful" but the existence of flavor spells like this isn't bad. Surgo (talk) 12:23, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Casting Time

Figured I'd address this on the one with the talk page so far. So, that 2d4 days thing. You need the caster to maintain concentration on the spell, doing nothing else for potentially 8 days. So, it has the potential of killing the caster from starvation/dehydration/lack of sleep and also makes their time they put into casting it totally not worth the ordeal at all. I don't hate the idea. I find it hilarious and want it to work, but as is, that's a serious mechanics problem that needs to be addressed. A flat casting time of 8 hours should be enough to get the point across (8 hours of magical crafting time per day) -or- have the call be cast multiple days in a row as a 10 minute ritual or whatever and if the chain of days is broken it needs to be restarted or something if you really want it to take multiple days for whatever reason and actually want it to be useable. --Ganteka Future (talk) 01:05, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Long-term spellcasting apparently **isn’t** 8 hours/day. Oops. Fixed: Swiped the casting time from Genesis. Ideasmith (talk) 19:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)