03-15-2010, 02:36 PM | #41 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
Don't you want to encourage them to actually go dungeon crawling? Isn't this the same reason they shouldn't be able to enchant?
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03-15-2010, 02:45 PM | #42 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
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03-15-2010, 02:53 PM | #43 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
If they can just sit around making money by casting expensive spells, why do they go adventuring? How is this different from letting them make stuff?
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03-15-2010, 02:55 PM | #44 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
Who's going to come and pay them to do so? The GM can simply send them no customers.
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03-15-2010, 02:59 PM | #45 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
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03-15-2010, 03:02 PM | #47 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
Well, in another thread, I speculated with the formula for power items, and in the end, it was found that it's (40 * fp + 10 * fp^2)*(54/53)^fp, rounded to two significant digits. Since I feel that two digits is too coarse, I redid it with 3 digits, and the resulting table is here
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03-15-2010, 03:03 PM | #48 |
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03-15-2010, 03:06 PM | #49 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
I guess I'm not sure why an adventuring PC would even want a stationary Power Item, and therefore I don't think I'd allow them at all. NPCs can (and probably should) have them, but then it doesn't actually matter what they cost.
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03-15-2010, 03:06 PM | #50 |
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Re: Newbie GM needs to understand Magic - Resurrection costs 300 points to cast?
On the topic of the Power Temple.
I'm getting lots of thoughts. 1st, is that I'd go for the Power Temple as a Powerstone and not a Manastone (Power Item). Why? Because I'd want it to recharge. Actually, I'd for the Temple as a Magic Item, with the altar (and some inlays in the walls) as an Exclusive Powerstone. So here are some further thoughts. 1) I'd want my Power Temple on a ley line so that it might recharge faster, or may even give me access to more fp, cheaply. 2) The Magic Item (Power Temple) would be enchanted with a number of spells: Resurrection, yes, but also Lend Energy (to top up those power items the PCs bring in). 3) This Power Temple would have the limit on it: Only usable by an annointed High Priest of this religion. So our for Power Temple. Since Exclusive Powerstones give a 3x value, the temple could get away with only a 100point Powerstone Altar. But a 150pt powerstone would give them extra points of energy to spend on lending energy. Step 1. Some of the best craftsmen in the land build a beautiful Jasper, Jet, Gold, and Platinum altar. The altar is turned into a 150pt powerstone. They get the PCs to escort the altar to the site of the new temple. They install the altar into the foundations of the new temple. The temple itself is enchanted as a Magic Item, with the Altar as its Exclusive Powerstone. The Power Temple is enchanted with Ressurection, Lend Energy, and probably a few other spells. The Power Temple is further Limited to be used only by those who are High Priests of the Religion of Zah. |
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