Transformation spell results

[NTJedi]

What luck have people had using the transformation spell??

Also has anyone tried the transformation spell on an archmage pretender?? Imagine a high magic level archmage with low life & stats transformed into a high magic level vastness or titan .

[SurvivalistMerc]

I would love to know the spell's results.

I think one of the risks of the spell is that you may lose all magical skills. Otherwise this would always be the way to go with something like a crone.

I would also like to know folks' experience with the spell "lichcraft" and whether it can be cast by a pretender on himself.

[Gandalf Parker]

I used to have a good time doing it to jade amazon mages. Sometimes they changed into things that had much better armor class and were a big surprise (heehee that lizard is a magician?). That was all Dom1 tho

[ December 31, 2003, 18:03: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[Catquiet]

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
I would also like to know folks' experience with the spell "lichcraft" and whether it can be cast by a pretender on himself.

If I recall correctly, in Dom I the Lichcraft spell just summoned a Demi-lich with 4 Death.

You could not cast it on an existing mage.

[Taqwus]

Lichcraft, Last I checked (Dom I), was a summoning spell instead of a transformation spell.
Transformation, at least in Dom I, appeared to have a fairly limited selection which greatly resembled the sort of things you get from crossbreeding. Yes, there's a risk of feeblemind as well. A chimera or dragon-something hybrid mage can be pretty nifty, 'tho.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Taqwus,

I have never tried lichcraft...but here is what the new description says:

The spell is now in the school of enchantment. Not that the school necessarily means much, but it isn't a conjuration.

Description: With knowledge of this ritual, the death mage has discovered how to remove the viscera of another necromancer, making him immortal. The casting mage performs the ritual of lichcraft on a willing necromancer in return for eternal servitude. The subject is then transformed into an immortal being of great magical power known as a demilich. By removing the viscera of the target and hiding it, the caster can ensure the immortality and loyalty of the subject. Should the body of the demilich be physically destroyed, a new one is formed from the dust of dead humans.

I don't know what it does, but from the description it seems to affect a target necromancer.