Burning ... someone else's ... HP for spells

The Colonel · 12-21-2006, 07:02 AM

Is there a spell that allows you to burn someone else's HP to fuel your magic or will I have to create one? And yes, I was thinking of a non-voluntary donor.

Mehmet · 12-21-2006, 07:09 AM

I'd go with power approach - a heavily modified leech that would allow you to fuel only the spells cast while leeching perhaps?

Cheerio!

Anders · 12-21-2006, 07:31 AM

Probably Leech. This should be expensive - remember that it's an attack that also fuels your innate abilities...

Brandy · 12-21-2006, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

This should be expensive - remember that it's an attack that also fuels your innate abilities...

Yeah, but, it's also (presumably) illegal and most folks would find it icky. You know, "sharpen your pitchforks and storm the castle" icky.

I found it to be an interesting dynamic (in a past campaign) to make "sacrificial mana" cheap and easy to obtain. It made the bad guys really bad, it didn't leave piles of powerstones and other goodies behind, and it created at least one interesting moral dilemma for the players.

With the wrong players, though, it could be a total disaster. :\

But, to answer the question, there's not (AFAIK) a spell in Magic that lets you do this OOTB. I'll post the version I was using later, when I'm home with access to my notes.

Blood Legend · 12-21-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookman

Yeah, but, it's also (presumably) illegal and most folks would find it icky. You know, "sharpen your pitchforks and storm the castle" icky.

I found it to be an interesting dynamic (in a past campaign) to make "sacrificial mana" cheap and easy to obtain. It made the bad guys really bad, it didn't leave piles of powerstones and other goodies behind, and it created at least one interesting moral dilemma for the players.

With the wrong players, though, it could be a total disaster. :\

But, to answer the question, there's not (AFAIK) a spell in Magic that lets you do this OOTB. I'll post the version I was using later, when I'm home with access to my notes.

Care to 'splain the sacrificial mana? :D

whswhs · 12-21-2006, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by The Colonel

Is there a spell that allows you to burn someone else's HP to fuel your magic or will I have to create one? And yes, I was thinking of a non-voluntary donor.

There may well be a spell somewhere in GURPS Magic. Try the College of Necromancy.

In addition, GURPS Fantasy has rules for Sacrificial Magic that cover exactly that process. Including making an important distinction between willing and unwilling victims.

Bill Stoddard

Blood Legend · 12-21-2006, 08:16 AM

alright then, page number? :3

rosignol · 12-21-2006, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookman

I found it to be an interesting dynamic (in a past campaign) to make "sacrificial mana" cheap and easy to obtain. It made the bad guys really bad, it didn't leave piles of powerstones and other goodies behind, and it created at least one interesting moral dilemma for the players.

With the wrong players, though, it could be a total disaster. :\

There isn't anything that precludes using the PCs from your last campaign as the Evil Overlords™ in your next one. ;-)

Kaell · 12-21-2006, 08:25 AM

Not in Magic, ya need a cross of like Steal Vitality (necro), Steal Health (necro), and Draw Power (tech). The steal ones operate much too slowly and are used to replenish lost stuff, Draw is much more like the mechanics you're after, but applies to tech energy not people. Look at those two in Magic and you should be able to come up with something drawing ideas from those 3.

Hmm, tho the Steal's require a helpless or willing subject. So is going to be even harder for non-willing.

Brandy · 12-21-2006, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaell

Hmm, tho the Steal's require a helpless or willing subject. So is going to be even harder for non-willing.

FWIW, the version I used required a helpless subject also.

And a knife.

And clothes you didn't mind if they got too messy.

12-21-2006, 07:02 AM	#1
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Burning ... someone else's ... HP for spells Is there a spell that allows you to burn someone else's HP to fuel your magic or will I have to create one? And yes, I was thinking of a non-voluntary donor.

12-21-2006, 07:09 AM	#2
Mehmet MIB Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire	Re: Burning ... someone else's ... HP for spells I'd go with power approach - a heavily modified leech that would allow you to fuel only the spells cast while leeching perhaps? Cheerio! __________________ My wife's music site, LadyObscure is for the prog/metal heads...

12-21-2006, 07:31 AM	#3
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12-21-2006, 08:16 AM	#7
Blood Legend Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Fine Line Between Black and White	Re: Burning ... someone else's ... HP for spells alright then, page number? :3 __________________ . ( )( ) -This is The Overlord Bunny o(O.o)o -Master of Bunnies O('')('') -And Destroyer of the Hasenpfeffer "This is the sort of relatively small error that destroys planetary probes." ~Bruno

12-21-2006, 08:25 AM	#9
Kaell Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Burning ... someone else's ... HP for spells Not in Magic, ya need a cross of like Steal Vitality (necro), Steal Health (necro), and Draw Power (tech). The steal ones operate much too slowly and are used to replenish lost stuff, Draw is much more like the mechanics you're after, but applies to tech energy not people. Look at those two in Magic and you should be able to come up with something drawing ideas from those 3. Hmm, tho the Steal's require a helpless or willing subject. So is going to be even harder for non-willing.