I read Rod of Absorption two different ways. Which is correct?
Asked by FatFreddiesCat 2 years ago
Rod of Absorption says to "cast any number of spells with total mana value X or less". Say X=10. Does this mean an unlimited number of spells, each of which has a total value of X or less (e.g. X=10 Fireball , Disintegrate , etc) can be cast? Or does it mean all the spells added together (e.g. two spells of 5 mana Force of Will and 5-mana Blue Sun's Zenith ) cannot exceed X=10?
As another note, if you don't actually pay anything for the cost of Disintegrate or Blue Sun's Zenith or any other X-cost spell, X automatically is set to zero, and the mana value is everything else. Since Rod of Absorption has the "without paying their mana costs" clause, you can't pay anything for X. Blue Sun's Zenith would do nothing except use up three mana value slots.
July 22, 2021 10:14 p.m.
FatFreddiesCat says... #3
I figured that was probably the way it was. Your point about "mana costs" is key. Thanks for pointing that out.
July 22, 2021 10:17 p.m.
RaidenShogun69 says... #4
if you don't need further clarification, please select an answer so this can move to the "answered" section of the Q&A
July 28, 2021 12:09 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #5
FatFreddiesCat: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked one of the responses as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future, you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
The mana value of all the spells you cast, added together, must be X or less. So if X=10, you could cast, say, Goblin Rally and Lava Axe , or you could cast Time Stretch , but you couldn't cast all three.
July 22, 2021 10:10 p.m.