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From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: MAGIC
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 16:39:08 -0700
Well this moslty pointless discussion on Quickenings (Its been done to death a
few time - I should possibly repost my thing from fall 93 on it)
go me thinking about sustained spells.

I began to wonder about sustained spells, especially things like critter form
and shapechange. If you notice that while changed - you can engage in combat,
but you get a +2 TN because of spell sustaining. I believe I have an Idea to
rectify this and I want in put to help brainstorm ideas
(remember in brainstorming - there are no "bad" ideas and you DON"T
critisize)

Name
Weaving, knotting, circuiting, (like weaving the best)

the basic idea is that through the use of this skill/ability/ whatever
a magician will be able to have his/her sustained spell stay around for a short
amount of time after connecentration is broken

First of all - should it be a metamagic thing or not


Lists of ideas

extra turns = Sorcery TN 6 (can be added to by a centering tn 4 test) non
metamagic

meta magic = sorcery TN 6 (or 4) x grade in turns (maybe supplant centering
skill for sorcery


Also - an idea that you can freeze the turn count by taking back control
(maybe only have the TN +1 now instead of +2)

plus - should we try for an extra drain resistance test? Should the spell
slowly degrade near the end?


We have Centering + Anchoring - both of which do things to sustained spells
- why not let sustained spells by able to stay a bit longer than normal with the
addition of some extra work



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