BD&D Magic User

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Magic User

Description: Magic users are humans who have studied the arts of magic and can cast spells. Spells are stored in a magic user's personal spell book. Spells are too complicated to cast without referencing the spell book, so magic users cast directly from the spell book when they can. However, in the typical adventure, things happen too fast to depend on that. As such, magic users perform most of the rituals associated with a spell while in a safe place, only preserving the final lines and gestures to complete the spell. This is difficult, so magic users can only have on spell prepared at a time. As they gain experience they can prepare additional spells, and more complicated spells.

Restrictions: Magic users cannot use any sort of armor or shield and are limited to using only daggers or staffs in combat.

Prime Requiste: Their prime requisite ability is Intelligence. Magic users with an 13-15 Intelligence gain a +5% bonus to earned experience. Magic users with an 16-18 Intelligence gain a +10% bonus to earned experience. Likewise, Magic users with an 6-8 Intelligence suffer a -10% penalty to earned experience, and Magic Users with an 3-5 Intelligence suffer a -20% penalty to earned experience.

Spell Book: Special consideration should be given to carrying a spell book on adventures with the magic user. Spells cannot be prepared without the book, so it is tempting to take the book on the adventure. At the same time, a spell book that is lost or destroyed leaves the magic user without the ability to prepare new spells without replacing the entire book, which is a considerable undertaking. With sufficient funds, additional books may be purchased. <<placeholder for details on magic book costs>>

Levels	Title	Experience Points	Hit Dice	Spells
1	Medium	0	1d4	1 - - - - -
2	Seer	2500	2d4	2 - - - - -
3	Conjurer	5000	3d4	2 1 - - - -
4	Magician	10000	4d4	2 2 - - - -
5	Enchanter	20000	5d4	2 2 1 - - -
6	Warlock	40000	6d4	2 2 2 - - -
7	Sorcerer	80000	7d4	3 2 2 1 - -
8	Necromancer	150000	8d4	3 3 2 2 - -
9	Wizard	300000	9d4	3 3 3 2 1 -

Attribute adjustments: Magic users may lower Strength and/or Wisdom by 2 points to raise Intelligence by 1 point. This process may be repeated, though Strength and Wisdom may not be lowered below 9, and Intelligence cannot rise above 18. These adjustments may only be done at character creation.

Starting Spells: All magic users are taught Read Magic and Detect Magic as prerequisites to learning other magic. Starting magic users have also acquired a number of additional spells equal to their Intelligence bonus. These additional spells are determined randomly.

Magic User Spells

   1st Level:
           Charm Person 
           Detect Magic 
           Floating Disc 
           Hold Portal
           Light
           Magic Missile
           Protection from Evil
           Read Languages
           Read Magic  
           Shield 
           Sleep
           Ventriloquism
           
   2nd Level:
           Continual Light
           Detect Evil
           Detect Invisible
           ESP
           Invisibility
           Knock
           Levitate
           Locate Object
           Mirror Image
           Phantasmal Force
           Web
           Wizard Lock

   3rd Level:
           Clairvoyance
           Dispel Magic
           Fireball
           Fly
           Haste
           Hold Person
           Infravision
           Invisibility 10' radius
           Lightning Bolt
           Protection from Evil 10' radius
           Protection from Normal Missiles
           Water Breathing

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