| From: | "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR3] Fetish & Exclusive Spells (suggestions) |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Jul 1997 18:33:43 -0400 |
J. Adam) writes:
>
> I'll start by saying this needs to be done carefully to prevent
> powergamers from raping it, but I really like the idea.
>
> One of my great complaints about SR magic is the way that it can be
> reduced to killing a foe from a kilometre or more with a blink of the
> eye. I'd like to see magic demanding more mystery, more ritual, more
> strangeness: having to sketch complex runes, even if only in pencil on
> the sidewalk, to make a Clairvoyance spell work, for instance. Pulling
> down enough magic to kill a foe shouldn't be quite as casual as it can
> be in SR2.
>
>
I find that I have to agree with Steve and Paul on this one myself. I am not
certain that I agree with Paul's suggestion on drawing everything for every
spell, but perhaps drawing things out as part of a Geasa or a "make shift
fetish", then that might be really neat.
However, the concept of rules-raping by many players is going to be there.
If the design modifiers that Steve mentioned were to be utilized, as they
have been here for years now, then you have to make certain the player
understands that s/he has made a spell that -HAS- to have those conditions
met, or else it doesn't work at all, period, EOD.
The suggestions I would like to throw out into this arena/topic are as
follows:
-Fetish (Expendable Or Reusable) -1 Power
-Fetish Foci (Rating MUST equal force of spell) -2 Power
-Specific Spell Foci (Rating MUST equal force of spell) -1 Drain Category
-Power Foci (certain item) -1 Power
-Power Foci (Rating MUST equal force of spell) -1 Drain Category
-Specific Spell Power Foci (Rating MUST equal force of spell) -1 Drain
Category, -1 Power
-Rare/Exclusive Object (Artifact of Mundane Nature) -2 Power
-Rare/Exclusive Object (Artifact of Magical Nature) -1 Drain Category, -1
Power
-Extremely Rare/Powerful Object (True Anq of the Ainir (the Seven Sun Anqs),
a True Elder Sign, the Holy Grail, etcetera, etcetera...) -1 to -3 Drain
Category (GM Guidelines probably required)
-Specific Domain Group (Man, Land, Skies, Waters, Firmament) -1 Power
-Specific Domain Type (City, Field, River, Storm, Desert, etc.) -2 Power (or
-1 Drain Category)
-Specific Domain (City of Seattle, My Own Apartment/Lodge, etc.) -3 Power
-Conditional Geasa (Day/Night) -1 Power
-Conditional Geasa (Night's of the Full Moon, the High Noon of the Summer
Solstice, etc..) -1 Drain Category
That is just the beginning actually...
-K
