08-23-2011, 11:11 AM | #1 |
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Words of Power with Threshold-Limited Magic
Following on from thinking about using threshold-limitation on a realm magic system, I came to Words of Power, which are something I'd like to include as they're part of the Cabal setting.
Only Words use the utterer's FP and HP for energy, with no outside sources. Given the high cost, would it be equally debilitating to add that to the caster's threshold tally? With a 30 point threshold, speaking a Word would rocket the tally right into calamity country, assuming the poor soul started at 0. Or maybe resorting to the raw force of a Word of Power is calamity enough.
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08-23-2011, 11:30 AM | #2 | |
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08-23-2011, 01:11 PM | #3 | |
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08-24-2011, 07:38 AM | #4 | |
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Maybe Words shouldn't link to thresholds at all and instead work as written.
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08-24-2011, 07:51 AM | #5 | |
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08-24-2011, 07:53 AM | #6 |
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Re: Words of Power with Threshold-Limited Magic
True enough. I'm thinking out loud at this point, as I'm not planning on Words coming up any time soon. Probably once I shift the game from a convention one-shot to the home campaign, and then it would depend on someone wanting a character who knows Words.
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cabal, thaumatology, threshold limited magery, words of power |
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