02-21-2014, 03:06 AM | #1 |
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Magic/ Psi Placebo
The Placebo Effect is a real, scientifically proven phenomenon.
I'm considering using it in game for magic/psi. Essentially, if your doctor talks nice to you, you can get a 50% better result from whatever treatment you got (including a placebo treatment.) In magic/psi terms, I'm thinking you don't need any special language or gestures to work it, but using the Secret Ancient Language Technique gets you a bonus, eg to a quick contest of Will versus a non-user. IS allowing having spent [4] on an ancient language to grant +1 to overcome your target's resistance too generous? Or Would an actual SALT, Hard, for each applicable spell be more cost balanced? eg SALT, Hard, prereq spell -1, max prereq spell +1.
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07-14-2014, 07:44 AM | #2 |
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Re: Magic/ Psi Placebo
No comment?
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Re: Magic/ Psi Placebo
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Much more balanced. At high skill levels you'd see even better results if you called the default Prereq-2 and the max Prereq and made the benefit a -1 to the target's resistance, however, to avoid sharply-diminished returns due to the Rule of 16. |
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07-14-2014, 08:06 AM | #4 |
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Re: Magic/ Psi Placebo
Successful Psychology roll gives a bonus to healing roll?
While the placebo effect does show up as a slight (just outside the margin of error) increase in success, I don't think it's even close to a 50% increase. |
07-14-2014, 09:10 AM | #5 | |
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Re: Magic/ Psi Placebo
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What you seem to be doing is creating a form of Esoteric Medicine that does work. Within your setting it can do whatever you want but you're leaving the Real world far behind.
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