Monthly Archives: July 2013

Saturday Spell-Armed Gust of Wind

Posted on 20 July 2013 by jameseck

In the spirit of Assassin week, we are going to do an Armed Casting spell that might be used by an Assassin, Battle Mage, or Ranger in a tense melee situation.  In this case, the tension comes from a dozen … Continue reading →

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Character Thursday-Sage Lavender (Human Assassin)

Posted on 18 July 2013 by jameseck

Today we’re going to explore an assassin character in keeping with the theme for this week. (Loose though it may be.) Backstory Sage was born from good stock.  Her father was a lord of no small reputation as a fencer, … Continue reading →

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World Building Wednesday-Ipiera

Posted on 17 July 2013 by jameseck

Today’s post is about a setting, though one that is not the norm for Mind Weave Settings. Ipiera is odd in a couple ways, though both can be summarized by saying it is a “low fantasy” setting. First, Ipiera has … Continue reading →

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Ability Tuesday-Armed Casting

Posted on 16 July 2013 by jameseck

This major ability makes for the most impressive and action packed casting scenes in Mind Weave.  Armed Casting allows a combatant to, while using a weapon with battle magic or arcane magic, attack and parry. The armed caster can make … Continue reading →

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Monster Monday-Shadow Walker

Posted on 15 July 2013 by jameseck

Health Points: 8*level Spell Points: None Attack: 1d8(dead blade) Special Attack: Backstab(Int 5) Dexterity: 22 Strength: 12 Speed: 24 Armor: 0 2 2 Special: Stealth Level/2+4 Description:  The Shadow Walker is a highly useful tool for a necromancer.  Retaining much … Continue reading →

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Progress Update-Programming People

Posted on 14 July 2013 by jameseck

As I said in this week’s world building piece, this week I worked out a population class generating algorithm.  It basically generates the attributes for the entire population, determining based on inputs such as propensity to take a class and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Spell-Fire Gout

Posted on 13 July 2013 by jameseck

Today’s spell is inspired by an encounter Richard had in his emulating bard test campaign. They encountered a pair of giant snakes and his swift casting illusionist was required to use a spell like this to dispense quick damage against … Continue reading →

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Character Thursday-Melnid “Fire Fingers” Milshindern (Gnome Magic-user)

Posted on 11 July 2013 by jameseck

In continuation of this week’s gnome theme, today’s character is a fast handed, gnome, magic-user NPC.  Milnid is the second-in-command mage mentioned in yesterday’s gnome community. Backstory (Levels 1-4): Melnid Milshindern was selected as a child to be a combative … Continue reading →

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World Building Wednesday-Gnome Hold

Posted on 10 July 2013 by jameseck

World Building Wednesday is off to a rough start.  I’m not sure how to format these posts yet, but that’s a lesser problem.  I sat down yesterday to determine the class composition of this gnome society, and realized that it … Continue reading →

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Ability Tuesday-Fast Hands

Posted on 9 July 2013 by jameseck

The trait of having fast hands is applicable to a number of kinds of combatants.  For melee fighters it means the ability to draw a weapon faster, so that they can engage directly upon drawing their weapon.  At higher levels, … Continue reading →

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