Hey guys I like to RP some and mostly stick to it. I only use the shielding aspect for my knight (physical, fire lighting, frost etc) as he is suppose to be a defensive type of knight that specializes in self preservation and counter attacks not the Holy Wrath Offensive style of knight in which case I prefer destruction for my "Holy Fire" and a two hander. Do you guys/gals think it would be uncharacteristic of a defensive type of knight to use the other parts of alteration such as water breathing, walking, feather thanks in advance!

Alteration magic bases itself on the premise that the world is arbitrary, and artificial; created on the arbitrary whims of arbitrary beings. As such, it is highly moldable by creating a case which makes the world obey a new set of arbitrary rules. (In a nutshell)


It is actually a rather complex magical discipline, beaten only by Mysticism.

So would it be out of character for him to use the other parts of alteration? Again I use the Shields as "Auras" like the original D and D have.

If a paladin, then perhaps out of character (others may differ in their opinions), but pretty much anything goes for a knight! Reading the bit about self-preservation sounds like he would rather make his life easier, thus feather, water-walking/breathing would not be out of character.

I feel like I do a lot of plugging for Midas Magic, but he's got a few cool shield spells you might want to check out. There's Missile Shield which deflects arrows for a short time and (much later) force shield, which repels enemies who get too close. There's also a sort of anti-magic shield, but I didn't end up using that one too much.

Thanks for the replies