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Old 04-30-2018, 05:48 AM   #10
a humble lich
 
Join Date: Jun 2017
Default Re: TL 10+ Mage. Draw power + Maintain spell + Telecast

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Originally Posted by Culture20 View Post
It’s hidden in the first four words of the spell description: “Identical to Conduct Power...” (which does have the restriction)
Of course it’s based on magery squared, so if you don’t have a magery level cap and power is more important, boosting magery over IQ would be useful for Draw Power. A common TL10^ magery-12 doctor response about a dead crew: “well, take us to the antimatter reactor prototype on Fentox VI and I’ll have them all back to full health in ten minutes. Five if you need me to ignore the mandated coffee break.”
I read this very differently. Looking at Conduct Power I don't see anywhere it says that the mage must conduct as much power is available. The closest I see is "The maximum power a mage may safely serve as a conduit for is..." Which is ambiguous. It never says that the mage can choose to conduct less power than is available, but I don't see it saying that the mage must draw all available power either.
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