[Gateway103]

Originally posted by Slygar:

As for this..: "
- If you select a ritual spell that you cannot afford, or which your mage cannot cast, the window closes without any warning that your selection was invalid. I believe this is also true for magic items you can't afford to forge. It'd be nice if there was a little popup warning you about this."

Not completely true. For example, Pollux the Arch Theurg with 3A1W3S4H attempted to cast Ritual Spell "The Wraith of God" (5S3A), which he obviously doesn't have the level for. A screen pops up when clicking on the ritual, saying "The ritual is too complex for this mage".

What is true is that no error is given if you don't have enough gem but have enough path. This applies to Item Forging as well.

On the other hand, if you do not have the level to forge an item, that item simply won't appear in the "Forge Magic Item" window even if you have the Construction level needed. E.g. you won't see "Boots of Quickness", a Construction 6 item, despite having Cons 6 researched, if you use the Forge command with a Mage without path in Water. The exception is with "The Forge of Ancient" global enchantment, where you can see and forge items that have requirement at most 1 level above the forging mage in each path.

So not having the path either gives an error message, or in the case of magic items, th\at said item won't appear in the list of forgeable items. No error is given, however, in both cases if insufficient gems are present.

-Gateway103

[ May 10, 2004, 22:14: Message edited by: Gateway103 ]