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Old 10-02-2018, 12:02 PM   #3
Skarg
 
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Default Re: Pentagram strength?

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Originally Posted by Chris Goodwin View Post
When it's time to make the IQ roll, the enchanter has a Lesser Wish banked up.
If/when they do and want to use it on that, ok.

But it doesn't seem to me to have anything to do with my question, which is about it not mattering what IQ the caster is since they need IQ 15+ to learn the spell, and a roll of 16+ is an auto-failure, and what can best be done to preserve the interesting intent that pentagrams are stronger when cast by higher-IQ wizards?


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Originally Posted by Chris Goodwin View Post
And they get their IQ Aided to ridiculous levels.
Assuming Aid counts for that and it doesn't need to be your actual IQ:

GM: Ok, you cast +10 IQ in Aid spells to raise your IQ from 18 to 28.
(later)
GM: Something tries to break your pentagram - roll 3 versus your aided IQ of 28.
Player: I rolled a 16.
GM: Hmm, automatic failure ...


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Originally Posted by Chris Goodwin View Post
Then they burn their Lesser Wish to roll a 3 on that IQ roll.
That would only help if there were a contest involved, but there isn't. Perhaps somehow if a Contest could be worked into the Pentagram rules, that would help.
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