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Old 04-22-2013, 08:38 PM   #1
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Default Quick Question: Shrinking with Ritual Path Magic?

This is a really quick one. Has anyone done this before? Of course you have! So I need your help. I can't just give them Altered Traits with Shrinking. That would give them control of the shrinking! So what do I do? I'm uncertain as to how I should go about building this in the best way.

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This is a really quick one. Has anyone done this before? Of course you have! So I need your help. I can't just give them Altered Traits with Shrinking. That would give them control of the shrinking! So what do I do? I'm uncertain as to how I should go about building this in the best way.

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This has only come up once in my games and only as a hypothetical. I ruled that a Greater Transform Spell Effect would do it. Now that I think about it I might require Bestows a Penalty, Size Modifier to figure exactly how small you could make the target.
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Old 04-22-2013, 09:06 PM   #3
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This has only come up once in my games and only as a hypothetical. I ruled that a Greater Transform Spell Effect would do it. Now that I think about it I might require Bestows a Penalty, Size Modifier to figure exactly how small you could make the target.
Ooh! Wow! I really like that idea for the Size Modifier and Bestows a Penalty idea! If anyone needs me, I'll be testing this out!
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Ooh! Wow! I really like that idea for the Size Modifier and Bestows a Penalty idea! If anyone needs me, I'll be testing this out!

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Now that I think about it I might require Bestows a Penalty, Size Modifier to figure exactly how small you could make the target.
But I thought Size Modifier was a 0-pt Feature? ;)
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But I thought Size Modifier was a 0-pt Feature? ;)
It is, but it definitely fits with the idea that the target is getting his ST and HT removed in proportion to this new size which is definitely worth more as an effect than 0 points!
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But I thought Size Modifier was a 0-pt Feature? ;)
Yup. Which is why I said A Greater Transform Effect would probably do it. But I'd also charge a Bestows a Penalty modifier as well. You could rule otherwise in your games. Rule Zero always wins. :-)
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