| From: | David Buehrer dbuehrer@******.carl.org |
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| Subject: | Vampire mages |
| Date: | Fri, 26 Mar 1999 07:24:22 -0700 (MST) |
/
/ Also along those lines, what if a mage becomes a vampire. Seeing as the
/ Magic rating is ties to Essence, would the mages magic be perminatly
/ gone, or could it return over time?
I would suggest doing the following.
List the mage's Magic as: Magic 6(E) (this assumes the mage's Magic was
at 6 to start with). Their base Magic rating stays the same and is
refered to to determine whether the mage can cast spells. Their active
Magic rating is equal to their Essance, which is used to determine such
things as whether or not a spell causes stun or physical drain, their
available magic pool, etc.
Physads refer to their base Magic rating to determine the number of
power points available for PA powers. I can't recal off hand if PAs
apply thier Magic to spell pool or spell defense, and whatnot. If so
then they would use their active Magic rating (equal to Essence).
If a vampire mage initiates then their level of initiation is added to
their base Magic, and points added in this manner are applied to
Initiate abilities. But their active Magic rating is still equal to
their Essence and is unaffected by their initiative level. If a
vampire mage is a level 6 Initiate and their Essence is at 3, then his
Magic would be 12(3). If he casts any spells with a force greater than
3 he takes physical damage from Drain. And his magic pool and whatnot
are calculated using the active rating of 3.
IMHO the downside of being a vampire should outweigh the benefits, and
if you let a vampire mage add his initiate level to his "active" Magic,
then it becomes imbalanced and the character revels in being a
vampire. I prefer the reaction, "Regeneration, awesome! Variable
Magic, eh, I can take or leave it. I don't get to add my Initiate
level to my Magic?! Um, okay, this bites. I mean, the regeneration is
cool and all, but I spent a lot of karma to become an initiate. I'm
gonna start calling my contacts and try to find a cure."
-David B.
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