Dragonlance What spell school would Raistlin be in 5E?

[James Gasik]

I need to go back and reread the books, but my memory was he left the ship (with his brother on board) with the book of Fistandantilus and teleported back to the library of Palanthas where he went to access other books of the black robes (or Fistandantilus, can't quite remember). But because he was a red robes, not a black robe, he couldn't read them. So he switched to black robes, learned the spells and then burned the section of the library down in his glee and to prevent others from gaining access to the books/secrets. And put him on Astinus's naughty list.

I imagine I've got it totally, laughably wrong. Gives me an incentive to go back and reread those books.

Given that Astinus, is, you know, a God, I find it dubious that someone could just burn his books without some interference. Well, maybe a Kender.

 

[Blue Orange]

Given that Astinus, is, you know, a God, I find it dubious that someone could just burn his books without some interference. Well, maybe a Kender.

I thought his whole deal was he didn't interfere, neutral god of knowledge and all.

Spoiler: spoiler for 30-year-old novel

Raistlin destroyed the world without his interference, so it's probably not an issue.

 

[Necropolitan]

From the Dragonlance wiki:

Before the whirlpool could destroy the ship, Raistlin used the dragon orb to teleport himself to the city of Palanthas, where he appeared on the steps of the Great Library, near death. Searching through the library’s volumes for days, he was inadvertently given the clue to his power and connection with Fistandantilus by Astinus himself, and thus firmly committed himself to the Black Robes and the Dark Queen’s service.

 

[James Gasik]

I thought his whole deal was he didn't interfere, neutral god of knowledge and all.

Spoiler: spoiler for 30-year-old novel

Raistlin destroyed the world without his interference, so it's probably not an issue.

Typically, no, but he was really proud of his books!

 

[ProtectorofDragons]

If it helps, Wizards of the Red Robes can only use spells from the schools of Alteration (Transmutation), Conjuration, Divination, Illusion, and Invocation (Evocation).

Source: Dragonlance Adventures.

He does break that rule a few times though, casting sleep and charm spells on occasion in the first book.

 

[Enrico Poli1]

Is this a joke thread? Has anyone read the books? He was an Illusionist!

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

He does break that rule a few times though, casting sleep and charm spells on occasion in the first book.

If I recall right, his sleep and charm actually came from the Staff of Magius that he used since the get-go

 

[Steampunkette]

In a 5e game..?

I'd be inclined to make him a Warlock rather than a Wizard at all.

He hits the Test of Magic and knows he can't win so he reaches out to Fistandantilus to make a deal for some of his life force to beat the Dark Elves. He gets "Magical Knowledge" from the exchange and also winds up with gold skin and hourglass eyes, but he manages to largely break his deal with Fistandantilus just not -entirely-. It's also -why- he's weak.

When he goes back in time to before the Test he is in a healthier body without gold skin or hourglass eyes. He then hunts down Fistandantilus in Istar and beats him and absorbs him to take his power rather than letting him die and linger as a Vestige (3e Style) looking for someone to leech off.

But not just because of Fistandantilus essentially functioning as a patron... but also the Staff of Magius as a Pact Boon. Sure, Par Salien is the one who handed it to him... but class mechanics? Having a magic staff of Pveathrfall, Daylight, and Knock feels like something a Warlock might get from a patron.

Plus it's not like he actually cast a -ton- of spells throughout his day. He typically went for "Big Bang for your Buck" on spells with impact on the fight rather than tons of lesser magics. Sort of like how Warlocks don't use lower-level spells than the highest spell slot they've got.

To make Raistlin in 5e you'd just make a Warlock, at the end of the day.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I have got my book of art of Dragonlance (with the dragons with 2ed artistic style!) and if my memory doesn't fail this said Raistlin was a necromancer.

 

[Pauln6]

In a 5e game..?

I'd be inclined to make him a Warlock rather than a Wizard at all.

He hits the Test of Magic and knows he can't win so he reaches out to Fistandantilus to make a deal for some of his life force to beat the Dark Elves. He gets "Magical Knowledge" from the exchange and also winds up with gold skin and hourglass eyes, but he manages to largely break his deal with Fistandantilus just not -entirely-. It's also -why- he's weak.

When he goes back in time to before the Test he is in a healthier body without gold skin or hourglass eyes. He then hunts down Fistandantilus in Istar and beats him and absorbs him to take his power rather than letting him die and linger as a Vestige (3e Style) looking for someone to leech off.

But not just because of Fistandantilus essentially functioning as a patron... but also the Staff of Magius as a Pact Boon. Sure, Par Salien is the one who handed it to him... but class mechanics? Having a magic staff of Pveathrfall, Daylight, and Knock feels like something a Warlock might get from a patron.

Plus it's not like he actually cast a -ton- of spells throughout his day. He typically went for "Big Bang for your Buck" on spells with impact on the fight rather than tons of lesser magics. Sort of like how Warlocks don't use lower-level spells than the highest spell slot they've got.

To make Raistlin in 5e you'd just make a Warlock, at the end of the day.

A warlock with Charisma 10? You can't just re-draft the characters to make them fit new classes! Heresy! Although, I suppose there is no logical reason to make Tika a rogue rather than just a fighter with an urchin background with stealth and sleight of hand skills and the tavern brawler feat?

If I was to try building them, I don't think I would change any of their core abilities. The challenge is building approximations around those stats. I do think some of them were very inaccurate compared to the books though. Wis 12 for Tas? You are having a laugh.