10-08-2018, 11:17 AM | #31 | |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
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10-08-2018, 11:24 AM | #32 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
I would allow it. I don't recall anything in the rules forbidding it. You can do it with a staff, so why not?
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10-08-2018, 11:31 AM | #33 | |
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It requires an enchantment, lab, ingredients, and considerable time. Adding actual ST at the end is the least of it. |
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10-08-2018, 11:45 AM | #34 | ||
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10-08-2018, 12:33 PM | #35 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
I'm thinking the Wizards' Guilds have what they call a "mana bank". Wizards who know the Aid spell can come in and "deposit" ST via assistance to other wizards. Their total gets tallied, and an amount equal to 80% of whatever they output goes into their "account".
You'd have to go in to make use of it, and your ability to draw is based on whoever's come in to make deposits, combined with whatever they've got on hand via Powerstones. But.. why bother with Powerstones, indeed?
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10-08-2018, 12:35 PM | #36 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
Yes ITL 148 says "a half-day in contemplation" per 1 ST to a staff, or a 5:1 ST deposit. Still no clear explanation of what "a half-day in contemplation" means or allows while contemplating, if anything.
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10-08-2018, 02:58 PM | #37 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
I suppose one could build a kind of extractor that handles draining the ST of prisoners and uses it to recharge the stones automatically. One need only load the prisoners in and out of the cages, and pull the lever or what-have-you.
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10-08-2018, 03:35 PM | #38 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
Is everybody on agreement with these two hypothesis?
A: Drain Strength will draw five fatigue from the subject for every one point of capacity recharged in a powerstone or mana staff. and B: A wizard can recharge no more than her own ST in powerstone and mana staff capacity each day, even with access to unlimited power sources.
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10-08-2018, 04:06 PM | #39 | ||
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I don't see any limit on ST per day put into the wizard's staff. I like reading the Powerstone line as being the maximum amount they can put into powerstones each day, but I don't think the line is clear whether it intends it as a limit per stone or per wizard. i.e. I'm left with two questions about RAW: 1) If Nancy has several powerstones, can she charge each of them up to her base ST per day, or is the total ST she can put into all of them limited to her base ST per day? 2) If a large powerstone is passed around between several wizards, can they each charge it up to their base ST per day, or it only be recharged per day up to the base ST of each person recharging it? (Actually I'm certain this isn't what SJ means because it's a complex reading, but I think limiting them that way could be something I'd personally like.) |
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10-11-2018, 01:24 PM | #40 |
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Re: Why bother with powerstones?
Found something else that powerstones can do and manastaffs can't.
ITL page 163: "replace ST lost through spell-casting or other fatigue." I can find no mention of staff mana doing this. The only mention of using mana for anything is here: ITL 148: "Each point of mana can be spent like a point of ST to power spells." This page also mentions "The wizard must be holding or wearing the staff for it to be useful." So pay $70 to the Wizard's Guild to put five conceal spells on your fine silver dagger and then just keep it in your pocket.
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