While the idea is a good one, Verant is very very very skeptical of
putting in any numbers beyond what they have already given. If they were
willing to give us this type of spell, they should also be willing to give
us a numerical value for our mana -- something they have repeatedly stated
that they will not do. Your best bet is to ask for a spell that determines
their lvl/abilities in non-numerical ways, otherwise I'm afraid you'll be
talking into a void.

Valdus

On Sun, 9 May 1999, W.G. Rowland wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W.G. Rowland
> To: EQMagicians@onelist.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 1999 9:26 AM
> Subject: [EQMagicians] Just a thought..
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> Ok, several of our low level spells are broken or useless.. And there is talk that they are to be replaced.. It seems to me that a useful replacement would be a low level spell that gauges accurately the ability level of a summoned pet..
> I mean we are supposedly the masters of our own trade, and yet we don't even know most times upon summoning a new pet what level it is.. This makes no sense.. I understand the point for randomness, but not for ignorance..
> A simple spell that popped up a text message that gave at least the critters numerical level.. Would be great.. Better (but less likely) would be a quick gage of base abilities like given when looking at an item.. Personally I think HP, Atk, and AC along with level and maybe special abilities would be perfect, as it would put to rest all the debate over whether or not the different types of elementals are really different..
> I'd love to see this go into effect.. As a programmer I think this would be one of the less difficult suggestions to implement (it's just reading info already in the system and reporting it through text.. No major mods needed).. I'm thinking a petition is in order.. But have no clue how to get one started...
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> Any ideas/comments?
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> Raij - 6th level Magician of Neriak
> Ahiru - 5th level Necromancer of Neriak
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