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Star Trek Holodeck?
« on: May 13, 2011, 12:53:03 PM »
This wonderful piece of technology. Is it possible to make a holodeck in DnD? some combination of specific spells? Maybe a custom magical item/location? Or is it only doable with epic spells? If it's not possible, then what is the closest thing to it?
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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 01:47:46 PM »
We'll need stuff like Permanent Image along with Mirage Arcana, and some sort of mechanic that causes it to malfunction and try to kill you on a semi-regular basis.

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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 01:55:48 PM »
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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 02:56:39 PM »
A stronghold containing an item of at-will (insert illusion spell)?
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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2011, 03:04:12 PM »
I'm pretty sure those holograms were practicaly real. Or at least real enough to, like Solo pointed out, be able to even kill their users.
So... some kind of shadow illusion maybe? If there's no easy and obvious way to emulate this, then there's always homebrew I guess. A room that creates a mini-plane inside of it and shadow illusions that are 100% real, or something like that. On what caster level could it be possible to create this? Minimum 7th, when Shadow Conjuration comes online?
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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2011, 01:58:10 AM »
A high level Shadowcraft Mage can make illusionary demiplanes with Shadow Illusion Genesis. After that, safeties off is just switching from using Permanent Image to Shadow Illusion Permanent Image.
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Re: Star Trek Holodeck?
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2011, 07:06:16 PM »
Well, theres always just using Microcosm.
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