11-03-2014, 12:34 AM | #11 | |
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11-03-2014, 01:06 AM | #12 |
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11-03-2014, 06:23 AM | #13 |
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Re: Plant Growth via Powers
I haven't heard any reason why nearly everyone's ignoring the canon Leech: Steal youth.
A limitation: only usable on plants would be all one needs.
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11-03-2014, 06:48 AM | #14 |
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Re: Plant Growth via Powers
Leech does things I don't want it to do in the end result but maybe it is right for the Plant Growth spell... except even there the mage doesn't gain anything internally from the spell (which Leech: Steal Youth would do... in the making the mage younger). What I'm going for is an effect that increases the size of the plants. Control Plant Growth as a 10 point control power does that for me for what I'm going for... but if you want I'd also love to see a powers based version of Plant Growth: so how would you build that from Leech?
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In GURPS Powers it does, yes. But my article "A Song of Many Worlds" has a modifier called "Vital Manipulation" which explicitly allows this. It's basically a form of Cosmic wrapped up in a new, more detailed shape. Quote:
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11-04-2014, 07:02 AM | #16 |
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So, the answer I have locked in onto (as a GM) is "Control Plant Growth" where "Plant Growth" is the category the power can control (nothing but growth of plants which are not typically handled as characters anyway). This would require Vital Manipulation (-0% due to it only affecting a vital process) and intrinsically excludes sentient plants - any plant with a IQ greater than 0 could not be affected by this power. I am pricing this at 10 points per level because Control Plants is a 20 points per level Control category. Growth Only and Regression Only are special limitations you can apply to this power, each at -50%, an denies access to regression of plant growth or plant growth respectively.
Each level of Control Plant Growth increases the size of a plant by 10% and it only works on plants that fall within the weight range dictated by the Control advantage Naturally, this can be modified further for specific uses. Last edited by nerdvana; 11-04-2014 at 10:39 AM. Reason: clarification |
11-04-2014, 10:22 AM | #17 |
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How would "Control Plants" work for growth? I'm confused by this approach. What would the (per level) effects be?
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11-04-2014, 10:36 AM | #18 | |
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"Control Plant Growth" (which I proposed above) is different. I should have included the +10% size per level which I guess I figured was assumed with post #7 in the history. EDIT: Updated post #16 to reflect what a level does. Last edited by nerdvana; 11-04-2014 at 10:43 AM. |
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09-10-2015, 11:41 AM | #19 |
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Speaking of Pyramid (or follow-on supplements for Sorcery)...
Will any of this forum discussion have IP implications if PK starts writing up spells like this for publication? That is, say we come up with an answer for Plant Growth. Can PK use that as written or does it become a sticky wicket with copyright? I'm lurking these conversations with great interest, but it occurred to me that we might be unintentionally throwing a wrench into the works. (I say this because on some other companies forums, fan rules and implementations of existing rules are restricted to forums where writers aren't permitted to browse. The idea is that some fan might file a lawsuit because the published version of Control Asparagus looks similar to the idea they posted in the fan forums a few years before.) |
09-10-2015, 12:33 PM | #20 |
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Re: Plant Growth via Powers
wellspring, I replied to you in the other thread. You may want to send a request to the moderators that your post be moved to that one as well (and mods, if you do that, please feel free to delete this post).
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