The Sceptre of Fire

Post by **Jetrel** » January 28th, 2005, 5:47 am

Elvish Pillager wrote:
Dave wrote:Yes....but it doesn't really prove it's anymore powerful than what, say, Delfador uses...or what a Great Mage uses.
What about the fact that it deals more damage than the Great Mage, in the hands of a lower level non-mage?

Basically, I was of the opinion that delfador's magic stick - and for that matter, any other mage's magic staves, are not innately magical. They are designed to channel magic, and are very useful for a mage, but they don't have any power of their own right.

In the same way that most swords don't leap in the air and chop people apart of their own accord (ref. Tailbiter from Tolkien's "Farmer Giles of Ham").

However, I think that the sceptre of fire should actually be (almost) alive, that way - otherwise it makes no sense for a person to be able to do magic with it without having magic powers themselves. Perhaps one of the ignae lives inside the jewel? Who knows.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » January 28th, 2005, 12:29 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the hook is the right size?

Nope, I agree with ya. It looks great as-is.

Post by **Jetrel** » January 29th, 2005, 8:56 am

Half the reason I'm working on this is that there is support for having the wielders of the sceptre have it in their graphics, and when I make such frames, I need to know what the thing is supposed to look like.

(Yes, EP, I know you already made some, but they highlight on of the things that only I seem to do a decent job at - glowing, magical effects are not your fortÃƒÂ©. This, more than anything else, has to do with the tools you are using to make them - I don't think I could do them with the tools you are using.
Not only that, but we somehow only have Li'sar with it in-hand.)

Post by **turin** » July 9th, 2005, 9:34 pm

Apologies for resurrecting a 6-month-old thread, but...

This image would be really awesome to have for my campaign Sceptre of Fire. Does Jetryl, or anyone, for that matter, feel like coloring it? If not, I'll take it as-is.

Post by **wayfarer** » July 9th, 2005, 10:04 pm

turin wrote:Apologies for resurrecting a 6-month-old thread, but...

This image would be really awesome to have for my campaign Sceptre of Fire. Does Jetryl, or anyone, for that matter, feel like coloring it? If not, I'll take it as-is.

10min work Jetryl I hope you donÃ‚Â´t mind my edit really fine work.

Post by **turin** » July 9th, 2005, 10:08 pm

The bottom half is good, but the part near the jewel is really confusing. Why is it so gold? I think only the windy thing is supposed to be that color.

Post by **wayfarer** » July 9th, 2005, 10:16 pm

No problem

Post by **turin** » July 9th, 2005, 10:21 pm

Looks decent. Thanks.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » July 9th, 2005, 10:25 pm

Wayfarer: I think this bit is part of the windy thingy and should thus be gold-colored.

Post by **turin** » July 9th, 2005, 10:30 pm

Well, if you're going to fix that, work from this version please.

Post by **wayfarer** » July 10th, 2005, 12:35 pm

turin wrote:Well, if you're going to fix that, work from this version please.

Voila

Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » July 13th, 2005, 7:46 pm

Nice,but how can you use it in wesnoth?
I think you can only add it at a portrait.
Like at lisars one or konrads one.

scott · Post by **scott** » July 13th, 2005, 8:09 pm

Not true. It could be part of a cutscene.

XJaPaN · Post by **XJaPaN** » July 13th, 2005, 8:25 pm

Changed the contrast a bit, made the edges a bit smoother and added a nice glow effect.

Post by **turin** » July 13th, 2005, 8:32 pm

Very nice!

I'll add it to SoF.