| From: | Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Conjurer and Magic Attribute |
| Date: | Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:25:20 +1000 |
>"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Mockingbird."
>] Can't the conjourer take Geases to help alleviate some of the
>] problems of this? Take location (city), time (night), and one other
>] geas and they are back up to 4 Magic, and therfore can handle upto to
>] Force 8 spirits as long as they follow the geases. Much easier to
>] follow since they can conjuror elementals all night long and have them
>] hang around.
>
> Sure, that helps for some of it. It won't help for the Magic loss
>danger though, that's the kicker. One bad roll, and BAM, you're mundane.
> At least, I think this is the case. Could someone confirm this?
That's the case. Once the character's base Magic Attribute reaches zero,
he's a mundane - no geasa can offset that. :-)
Further, some magic loss cannot be offset with geasa eg. the magic point
donated to summon an ally spirit.
Since geasa will alleviate most magic loss, I believe a GM should check and
only agree to geasa that really do limit the character, then enforce those
limitations. For example, if a game rarely leave the city then the
location(city) geas should not be permitted. If the time(night) geas is
taken, then the GM should ensure that there's plenty of day time action. If
the rigger-conjurer ever breaks just one of his geasa, the GM should ensure
that he suffers the full penalties i.e. temporary loss of all geasa
protected magic points and penalties to target numbers for all of his magic
tests.
Chris
