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Old 08-30-2014, 12:26 AM   #118
Christopher R. Rice
 
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Default Re: [RPM] Post your rituals here

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I suppose; for some reason I always read the whole 'use path of magic to restore your mana reserve' to mean 'you can use Path of Magic to do Healing: Mana Reserve, using the normal rules for healing FP or HP with RPM', though that's apparently not what was intended.
I think it's a "technical" listing like Slow and Sure enchanting.

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I guess mana potions aren't possible in base RPM. Sad.
As a standard alchemical potion? No. They are not. I have some stuff written up somewhere that remedies this hole though.

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EDIT: Though that said, if you aren't actually casting a spell to restore your mana reserve, I completely lack any idea why you're supposed to use Path of Magic for it rather than something like Meditation or Thaumatology or anything else.
You probably could. Make it a campaign feature or charge a perk. I've always thought of refilling your reserve as a "spell, but not a spell." Like House with his "What is Cancer, But Not Cancer." :-)
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