From:	Georg Greve <greve@*******.HANSE.DE>
Subject:	Re: Spelllocks....
Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:44:33 GMT

Justin Pinnow (jpinnow@*****.edu) wrote:

: Actually, you Quicken a force 1 spell with 1 karma point....AND you have
: the flexibility to bond with more karma for more effect (higher force
: spells). Thus, it's the Quickenings that are more powerful than the
: spell locks....so why are mages being punished via focus addiction for
: spell locks if it's the Quickenings that are more potent?

Hmmm... I think Quickenings have one HUGE disadvantage: They cannot be
turned off which means you have to make them strong enough to
withstand all possible threats without additional protection... which
is impossible - so using a quickening costs you about 6 points of
karma per adventure (per quickening) which makes them pretty useless
in my eyes.

Later,
Georg

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