Change Notes
Body Slot: There are other spells that describe themselves as covering you in armor but not hindering you. These do actually take up a body slot. Mage armor does not take a body slot.
Variant Armor Spell: The first sentence is a little misleading if read from a 3.5 viewpoint. Many 3.5 spells say that they function as another spell with some variation. In this case, however, the 2nd edition spell is just saying it is a more powerful spell that grants you some armor, but not saying it functions like mage armor.
Absorbs Damage: This is where I cannot tell you what I was thinking. The spell clearly says it absorbs 1 point per caster level, not 3 per caster level.
Armor Bonus: Also here I cannot tell you what I was thinking. My previous update said it granted +8 armor bonus. The spell from 2nd Edition says it grants you AC 3, which becomes +7 in 3.5 Edition. A +8 bonus would say that it grants you an AC 2 in 2nd Edition.
Field Plate: In the 2nd Edition Player's Handbook, what they called Plate Mail (AC 3) was renamed Half-Plate (+7 armor) in 3.5 Edition. Note: Plate Mail from 2nd Edition is not to be confused with either Field Plate or Full Plate (also from 2nd Edition).
Invisible Mail
Updated from The Complete Wizard’s Handbook, AD&D 2nd Edition.
Conjuration (creation) [force]
Level: Sorcerer 3, Wizard
3
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard
action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous
This
spell covers your body in a suit of half-plate made of invisible force
(occupying the armor body slot). It provides a +7 armor bonus to Armor Class,
and absorbs 1 point of damage per caster level. The spell ends when the armor
has absorbed the calculated amount. This armor has no effect against damage
from magic weapons. The invisible mail does not add weight, have a maximum
Dexterity to AC, have an armor check penalty, have a chance of spell failure,
nor does it reduce your speed.
Invisible Mail: AC Bonus +7, Max Dex –, Armor Check
Penalty –, Spell Failure –, Speed (unreduced), Weight –, Special Properties: Absorbs
1 point of damage per caster level.
Material Component: a small fragment of
plate armor.
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2 comments:
It's instantaneous, therefore definitely not dismissable...or dispellable? What happens if you try to take it off? Is it physically possible, short of dealing 1 point of damage per caster level to it? If you can take it off, what happens to it? Do the...pieces of it just lie around, still invisible?
The spell says it doesn't hinder movement, but what if you need to go to the bathroom?
The spell also doesn't state what happens if you cast it while already wearing armor. I assume it fails. In the original it's simply "not cumulative".
I'd like to research an offensive version of this spell that replaces the target's armor with padded armor which is only effective against incorporeal attacks.
I will add another paragraph to the spell. You can take it off the same way you can take off Half-Plate. Once it is removed, it is destroyed. Maybe it has a valve that opens for you to pee from lol. If you are already wearing something in the body slot (like armor) the spell just fails. An offensive version of this spell would be pretty cool, maybe an illusion that the opponent's armor has vanished and he gets a will save to disbelieve. Could make some flee combat if they thought their armor was gone.
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