| From: | Nexx3 <Nexx3@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Prometheus Unbound (long) |
| Date: | Wed, 20 May 1998 01:00:10 EDT |
<< And ritual magic isn't inherently more powerful than "common" magic, it
merely allows more mana to be channeled because there are more conduits for
magic (i.e. more casters) and the mana builds much slower. But in the end,
a Force 6 Acid Bomb is still a Force 6 Acid Bomb regardless if it is cast
via ritual or "common" magic. >>
Yeah, but you can't blow the top off the top of a mountain with a normal
spell, but a ritual can handle it. You can't target someone on the other side
of the planet with a normal spell, but you can with a ritual spell. You can't
alter (or summon) an ally with a normal spell. You don't summon elementals
with a normal spell. About the only thing that normal spells have on ritual
spells is speed. You can whip one of those off, no problem. Rituals take
more time.
Hey, something mostly unrelated, but interesting nonetheless... would Wired
Reflexes increase your initiative for the purposes of casting spells? After
all, you can't really channel the mana along the wires like you can along the
neural pathways, so they wouldn't be sped up (the magic loss is taken care of,
but there is still the matter of speed). And what good is enhanced
articulation when trying to cast a spell? It raises your initiative a bit
(one point), but you can't pull the energy from astral space any faster. This
goes for a lot of things (encephalons, type O bioware, boosted reflexes, etc.)
Any thoughts?
Nexx
