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Old 02-09-2018, 07:42 PM   #1
Fred Brackin
 
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Default Making metal transparent

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Originally Posted by mlangsdorf View Post
One of the PCs in my Fantasy game is a blacksmith Metal Control (Cosmetic), which she uses to make translucent, super-high DR visors for the PCs' armor.

It's not hugely unbalancing, but when everyone is cranking around in DR 12 armor except for their DR 5 eyeslits and then suddenly the PCs don't have eyeslits at all, it's a little weird. Especially since the PCs are supposed to be relative novices at magic and the Evil Magic Empire hasn't thought of this trick.
Note for persons who assume Magic-as-Powers is always better balanced than standard Magic if you do that trick the old fashioned way (Transparency Enchantment) it's 400 energy and not particularly cheap at all.
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