Coming soon - spell swap

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Coming soon - spell swap

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In an upcoming patch a spell-swapping djinni will appear in the nexus. This proud creature will condescend to help spontaneous spell casting classes (sorcerer, spirit shaman, favored soul, bard and warlock) to swap one of their spells to another spell of the same level.

Limitation
The djinni is a most busy creature and has no patience with those who would bother him too often. Thus he will not extend his help anymore often than 1 swap/month and he might even charge gold for his services. The limitations might change in the future.

How?
Simply talk with the djinni. He will first ask you to select which level of spell you want to swap, from cantrip to level 9 spells. He will then ask you which spell you want to get rid of. Then you will pick which spell, from the full collection available to your class, that you want to gain. NOTE: Once you confirm the swap it cannot be changed, other than by swapping again once the swapping cooldown has expired.
If you happen to have more than one spontaneous spellcasting class, then you will first have to choose for which class you want to swap.

Issues
Due to nwn2 scripting limitations, the djinni might be confused if you have more than 1 spellcasting class. It will list all your known spells as available to be swapped out, instead of just the spells belonging to the class you are swapping with. Obviously it is not allowed to swap spells between classes and trying to do so will fail. In rare cases it might even be the case that legitimate swaps will fail because the script believes you already have the spell you are trying to swap to. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way around that without a lot of extra work.

If your character is de-leveled, all swaps made at the level(s) you lose will also be reversed.

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That sounds like a very nice thing. I got a sorcerer that could have a slightly improved spell selection. I do not think I am the only one...
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OMG! Whoever made this happen has my eternal love!
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This is immensely beneficial. Looks like Nemni is a Chosen of Mystra! :geek:

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Steve wrote:This is immensely beneficial. Looks like Nemni is a Chosen of Mystra! :geek:
I wish :P
Cred also to Endelyon for making the script run correctly, to Valefort for script advice and to all who tested it.
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:clap:

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Most excellent work!
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Can't wait to use this. My bard has some dead spells I need to change!
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Which upcoming patch will this feature be added :?:
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Probably before the RCR window opens up.
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:angelic-whiteflying:
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This is now live and in the Nexus.

Spells can be swapped once per character per 28 days.

Please note that despite all the testing we've done that it's still possible that something can go wrong with this system. If it damages your character file (none were damaged during any phase of testing, so this possibility is remote) or you find any kind of bugs let me know and I'll do what I can to get you fixed up.

Otherwise, enjoy!
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You can only change one spell per attempt. Is this intended? The conversation closes after you change your single spell and then have to wait 27 days to change the next one.
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I believe that is intended. It lets you swap one spell every 28 days. Not all of your spells every 28 days.
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Endelyon wrote:This is now live and in the Nexus.

Spells can be swapped once per character per 28 days.

Please note that despite all the testing we've done that it's still possible that something can go wrong with this system. If it damages your character file (none were damaged during any phase of testing, so this possibility is remote) or you find any kind of bugs let me know and I'll do what I can to get you fixed up.

Otherwise, enjoy!
I just took my sorcerer to the NPC to swap out one of his 8th level spells, worked like a charm. The new spell cast just fine and the character has the correct amount of castings on all of his spells :clap:

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28 days from now I'll try and swap the same spell out(since my sorcerer already has shades :doh: ... ahh, the benefits of hardly ever logging on) for something else and make sure there are no hiccups associated with changing out recently swapped in spells.
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