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Old 01-20-2014, 12:00 PM   #27
malloyd
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Default Re: Thaumaturgic Automata and Draw Power

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
I know Minor Draw Power doesn't follow this rule but it's an entirely different spell. I also know it exists partly because you can't do anything with low tech sources of power without it.
Which is also the reason the entire concept of using real world energy for powering spells is flawed, at least with any sort of linear relationship. The difference in magnitudes inevitably means that if you have a conversion that is balanced for non-portable industrial sources it's going to be utterly useless for batteries or household sources. For that matter if you have one balanced for volcanos, forest fires or storms, it'll be useless for artificial power sources of any sort short of the entire output of TL6+ baseload generating plants.
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