From: | Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM> |
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Subject: | Spirit Movement and Vehicles |
Date: | Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:20:48 -0500 |
elemental
>or a nature spirit. Using its Movement power, a spirit can increase or
>decrease a vehicle's speed by multiplying or dividing its current speed
by the
>spirit's Essence. So a t-bird assisted by a Force 3 air elemental could
triple
>its effective speed, thus tripling the distance covered without
consuming more
>fuel.
While I like the idea of spirts easing ones journey, clearly supersonic
Dodge Scoots or mini-vans full of runners is not what the game
designers intended.
I use the following house rules to contain the situation:
Total the number of people being moved.
For low tech vehicles, add 5*Body (muscle or wind powered)
For mid tech vehicles, add 10*body (cars, motorcycles etc)
For High tech vehicles, add 15*body (jet fighters, for example)
Now divide the movement multiplier (i.e. spirit's force) by this total. Do
not round.
A guy on a motorcycle can get a significant boost (but not break the
sound barrier), but asking a normal spirit to speed up your cruise linner
(with 2000 passengers) is not likely to be noticeable, (unless you
summon force 200 spirits).
I haven't tried this, but maybe great form spirits get to subtract half their
force from the divisor, with a minimum divisor of 1. No effect for a
running shaman, but when it comes to moving the bus, it helps...
Double-Domed Mike