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[BlackFlyme]

Pretty sure alchemical objects are typically supernatural, not spell-like, so I think they would ignore SR. Though I haven't gone over the differences between spells, spell-likes, and supernaturals in a while.

Kind of a moot point though, as they were also semi-demonic or something, so they had elemental resistances as well.

Edit:
Here is the swarm.
Here is the swarm queen.

We had to fight about three swarms and the queen at the same time, and before that was a fight with about four swarms. Everybody lost a shit-ton of gear to their Ravenous ability, and at least two people got screwed by their Confusion effect.

[Rolan7]

oh nice they fly too
I don't know how much XP 1600 is, but these look absurd for a level 6 group.  I honestly don't know how you're supposed to hurt them.  This is like being attacked by a group of flying invulnerable rust monsters.

[BlackFlyme]

Literally just magic, with good rolls. One of the other players said that last time they played this campaign, the DM gave them a wand of cone of cold just so they could harm these things.

I was a Kineticist, so I used Fan of Flames, an AOE ability, which swarms take bonus damage from. I was the only one who could do anything.

[Rolan7]

New campaign which I declined to join, but listen in on sometimes:

Wizard: "Dragon's breath rounds prove the existence of gunpowder"
*blah blah blah*
DM: "Spell thermite?"
*bluh bluh huge powergamer*
"They not only perfected glassmaking, but also purification of silver and gold"

[TheBiggerFish]

Hmmmmm.

[Bohandas]

It occurs to me hat it would make a lot of sense for magic scrolls to be traded in lieu of coin in large transactions, like a sort of jumbo-sized (iirc canonically they're about the size of a sheet of printer paper) paper currency, but unlike either paper currency OR gold, magic scrolls are intrinsically valuable.

(The Epic Level Handbook mentioned something about powerful magic organizations issuing transferrable IOUs for spellcasting in lieu of cash, but why wouldn't they simply use scrolls)

[My Name is Immaterial]

(The Epic Level Handbook mentioned something about powerful magic organizations issuing transferrable IOUs for spellcasting in lieu of cash, but why wouldn't they simply use scrolls)

A lot of reasons. A scroll can't be broken down into fractional parts. A scroll has one use, and can't be redeemed for more than one spell. Scrolls cost gold, time and XP to make.

[Jimmy]

Diamond dust is intrinsically the same. Per RAW, diamond dust, as a gem, is a trade good and can be sold for full value. Other options include 100 gp pearls suitable for the material component of the Identify spell, and given it's used to identify every magical item in 3.5e, must be fairly widespread.

One thing always bothered me: How do shopkeepers identify whatever magical crap you're pawning? Unless they've got spellcaster ranks and are burning the cost of the identification out of their own pocket, it seems a little strange.

[andrea]

I would imagine that the shopkeepers dealing with magical items have ways to identify magic items. You probably aren't selling your magical items at a bakery, but at a specialized shop.
That is how I would explain it at least.
Besides... have you actually tried cheating a shopkeeper? maybe it works.

[Jimmy]

Oldest trick in the book: Cast the Mount spell, sell the horse, book it out of town before the spell duration expires.

[GiglameshDespair]

Coins can be broken down into fractionals, or even just melted down for the gold. Everyone uses gold. Kings, peasants, wizards. Gold is a currency that anyone can use.

Magic scrolls not so much. If you want to use it yourself, you need magical ability. It's of limited use depending who you want to trade it to - is an architect going to want to be paid in a scroll of fireball? No, he'll want gold, because otherwise he needs to find a wizard to sell it to who will probably gouge him on the price.

[Gentlefish]

Oldest trick in the book: Cast the Mount spell, sell the horse, book it out of town before the spell duration expires.

False. It's actually stated that the "horse" is spectral in form, and thus easily recognizable as not actually a horse.

[Criptfeind]

"IZ BETTER THEN HORSE! IS MAGIC HORSE! NEVER STOP RUNNING IT'S WHOLE LIFE!"

[Arx]

"Make a Bluff check."

[Bohandas]

Diamond dust is intrinsically the same. Per RAW, diamond dust, as a gem, is a trade good and can be sold for full value. Other options include 100 gp pearls suitable for the material component of the Identify spell, and given it's used to identify every magical item in 3.5e, must be fairly widespread.

One thing always bothered me: How do shopkeepers identify whatever magical crap you're pawning? Unless they've got spellcaster ranks and are burning the cost of the identification out of their own pocket, it seems a little strange.

Yeah, that identify price is out of control. Personally I'd houserule it down.

That said, I'm sure a lot of items' functions are self-evident if you're familiar with that type of item. Not rings or weapons and armor perhaps, but wondrous items seem to generally have pretty distinctive appearances