Spell Immunity : X
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:19 pm
I'd like to see some items in the loot matrix with specific spell immunity. Not blanket immunity, like Immunity to Poison or Immunity to Death Magic.
Things like - Spell Immunity : Magic Missile, or Spell Immunity : Destruction.
Powerful, yes, but also very very specific, and as such, it can be difficult to use.
I'd also be entirely okay with such immunities being to somewhat more obscure spells, to encourage people to use things in creative ways. (Say, Spell Immunity : Creeping Doom, Spell Immunity : Lightning Bolt, or Spell Immunity : Mestil's Acid Breath) Such properties could make some less used spells more viable by allowing a mage to use them safely near their party members, instead of the proverbial (and infinitely superior) Fireball, with it's absurd range.
If you don't give items with Spell Immunity : Fireball, you give people the choice between the superior range, or the capability to have party members immune to the AoE so that they can use it on a group of enemies while their allies are in the fray already.
Yes, Globes of Invulnerability and Spell Mantles give some level of similar protection, but they are breachable and they are also absolute in their protection. This is considerably less absolute, but also undispellable.
Things like - Spell Immunity : Magic Missile, or Spell Immunity : Destruction.
Powerful, yes, but also very very specific, and as such, it can be difficult to use.
I'd also be entirely okay with such immunities being to somewhat more obscure spells, to encourage people to use things in creative ways. (Say, Spell Immunity : Creeping Doom, Spell Immunity : Lightning Bolt, or Spell Immunity : Mestil's Acid Breath) Such properties could make some less used spells more viable by allowing a mage to use them safely near their party members, instead of the proverbial (and infinitely superior) Fireball, with it's absurd range.
If you don't give items with Spell Immunity : Fireball, you give people the choice between the superior range, or the capability to have party members immune to the AoE so that they can use it on a group of enemies while their allies are in the fray already.
Yes, Globes of Invulnerability and Spell Mantles give some level of similar protection, but they are breachable and they are also absolute in their protection. This is considerably less absolute, but also undispellable.