| From: | Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Idea for Spell Drain |
| Date: | Tue, 26 May 1998 17:18:35 EDT |
writes:
> Extra drain could be justified for use with sustained spells but I
> don't understand it's use for an instantaneous spell. Instantaneous
> Spells is handled all at once, Higher drain not multiple drain, that's
> how the game mechanics are set up to handle things (1 staging is a higher
> level). Two serious drains should be one deadly drain.
Okay, with Instantaneous spells, the additional drain would also hit
immediately after the caster rolls for the standard drain of the spell
normally.
> Sustained spells could make sense for a secondary drain but the +2
> target modifier also represents this which does affect the mage greatly.
> I could possibly see a recurring drain modifier for sustained spells
> (like exclusive or fetish modifiers) where the drain is reduced but that
> same drain must be tested against the beginning of every new turn.
That is actually a wonderful idea ... a penalty for sustaining a spell for too
long ... sounds nifty ...
> That has some possibilities but I don't know if I would use it or
> that it's what you were after.
It is in the right direction, as I am still fishing for opinions on this ...
and as for using it very often, not very ... as it would be something most
runner mages would shy away from, though I could see it as something done by
people involved in a ritual ... sure, bring the standard drain down to L stun,
yeah, and at the end once the ritual is over, someone please hand us tylenol
once the Serious stun nails us in the head.
Mike
