DM Q&A : "Tide of Battle" scroll

[KJRS]

The scroll of "Tide of Battle" show it's level 9 and only for Wizard/Sorcerer, but cannot learn by wizard, is it setting?

[nemusator]

That spell was removed prior the publication. Was originaly wiz/sorc spell 9. Battletide is a cleric lvl 5 spell.

[Orchid]

Jul 5, 2018 6:54:56 GMT -5 KJRS said:

The scroll of "Tide of Battle" show it's level 9 and only for Wizard/Sorcerer, but cannot learn by wizard, is it setting?

nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Tide_of_battle

[KJRS]

Thanks for answer, i know the wikia page, and I got the scroll, i just want to known the spell can or can not learn in FRC.

[Munroe]

Jul 5, 2018 6:54:56 GMT -5 KJRS said:

The scroll of "Tide of Battle" show it's level 9 and only for Wizard/Sorcerer, but cannot learn by wizard, is it setting?

As per the standard NWN functionality of the spell.

Orchid already posted the link, but Tide of Battle functions on FRC exactly as described on the Wiki. nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Tide_of_battle

Tide of battle was originally a level 9 sorcerer / wizard spell, but was removed from all spell lists prior to publication. Thus, this spell is only available through items, such as the (standard) tide of battle scroll.

So, no, you may not learn the spell on any character with any class. You can still cast it from the scroll though.  Perhaps some aspect of the spell has been lost that prevents it from being learned by modern wizards and sorcerers, but it still exists in the form of rare scrolls.

The effect of the spell doesn't sound great to me. It's an area-of-effect (colossal) with a d100 for holy damage with any roll of less than 30 being raised to 30. That doesn't seem like much damage for a level 9 spell.

[KJRS]

Thanks for the answer.