03-01-2018, 08:27 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
Just asking if there is an easy way to remove Magery from the Spell Skill formula? I want it to still be the prerequisite for the spells, just not add to the skill. Thanks
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03-01-2018, 11:02 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
House rule: magery does not affect spell skill. If you do, you should probably also reduce its cost (still 5 for magery 0, but less per added level) or give it an additional function.
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03-01-2018, 11:11 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
I think the question is how can it be done mechanically in the GCA. Does it have to be modified per spell, or something that can be scripted into Magery (or removed for that matter)?
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03-02-2018, 05:59 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
Magery has always been a tough one due to the complexity of tracking Magery with different limitations for different colleges and other limitations. Dropping the following into a custom datafile and adding that data file to your data set should do the trick. Note that I include a place for you to reset the cost of Magery below, you'll need to change the cost(10/20) to whatever cost you desire - my suggestion would be cost(5/10), but that's up to you.
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Version=3 // The version information above MUST be the first line of the data file LoadAfter="GURPS Magic 4e.gdf", "GURPS Thaumatology 4e.gdf" [ATTRIBUTES] #ReplaceTags in "ST:Magery" with "gives()" [ADVANTAGES] #ReplaceTags in "AD:Magery" with "cost(10/20)" [MODIFIERS] <Magery> One College Only, -40%, group(Magery), page(B67),_ gives(_ -Owner::Level to ST:Magery,_ +Owner::Level to (ST:Magery One)_ ),_ x(_ #InputReplace("Please enter the name of the college:", "One", , "One College Only"),_ #Message(Use this limitation *ONLY* on the Magery advantage. It will cause errors if used on any other trait (including the Magery 0 advantage).) _ ) One College Only (%College%), -40%,group(Magery), page(B67),_ gives(_ -Owner::Level to ST:Magery,_ +Owner::Level to (ST:Magery %CollegeList%)_ ),_ x(_ #Message(Use this limitation *ONLY* on the Magery advantage. It will cause errors if used on any other trait (including the Magery 0 advantage).),_ #ChoiceList(_ name(College),_ title(One College Magery),_ text(Choose which college your Magery is limited to:),_ picksallowed(1),_ method(bynumber),_ list(_ #grouplist(GR:AllCollegesMagical, flags(NoPrefix), prepend("), append("))_ )_ )_ ) [MODIFIERS] <Magery> Limited Colleges (%CollegesList%), -40%/-30%, upto(1), levelnames(,), group(Magery), page(Th24), formula(-10% * (5 - (%CollegesCost4% + %CollegesCost3% + %CollegesCost2% + %CollegesCost1%))), forceformula(yes),_ gives(_ -Owner::Level to ST:Magery,_ +Owner::Level to (%CollegesAliasList%)_ ),_ x(_ #Message(Use this limitation *ONLY* on the Magery advantage. It will cause errors if used on any other trait (including the Magery 0 advantage).),_ #ChoiceList(_ name(Colleges),_ title(Limited Colleges Magery),_ text(Choose up to four colleges which your Magery is limited to:),_ picksallowed(atleast 1, upto 4),_ method(bynumber),_ list(_ "Air"=1,_ "Animal"=1,_ "Body Control"=1,_ "Communication & Empathy"=1,_ "Earth"=1,_ "Enchantment"=1,_ "Fire"=1,_ "Food"=1,_ "Gate"=1,_ "Healing"=1,_ "Illusion & Creation"=1,_ "Knowledge"=1,_ "Light & Darkness"=1,_ "Making & Breaking"=1,_ "Meta-Spells"=1,_ "Mind Control"=1,_ "Movement"=1,_ "Necromancy"=1,_ "Plant"=1,_ "Protection & Warning"=1,_ "Sound"=1,_ "Technological"=1,_ "Water"=1,_ "Weather"=1 _ ),_ aliaslist(_ "ST:Magery Air",_ "ST:Magery Animal",_ "ST:Magery Body Control",_ "ST:Magery Communication & Empathy",_ "ST:Magery Earth",_ "ST:Magery Enchantment",_ "ST:Magery Fire",_ "ST:Magery Food",_ "ST:Magery Gate",_ "ST:Magery Healing",_ "ST:Magery Illusion & Creation",_ "ST:Magery Knowledge",_ "ST:Magery Light & Darkness",_ "ST:Magery Making & Breaking",_ "ST:Magery Meta-Spells",_ "ST:Magery Mind Control",_ "ST:Magery Movement",_ "ST:Magery Necromancy",_ "ST:Magery Plant",_ "ST:Magery Protection & Warning",_ "ST:Magery Sound",_ "ST:Magery Technological",_ "ST:Magery Water",_ "ST:Magery Weather" _ )_ )_ ), noresync(yes) One-Spell Magery, -80%/-75%, group(Magery), upto(16), page(Th25), mods(One-Spell Magery Magery), ownerlevel(owner::level),_ levelnames(, Two-Spells, Three-Spells, Four-Spells, Five-Spells, Six-Spells, Seven-Spells, Eight-Spells, Nine-Spells, Ten-Spells, Eleven-Spells, Twelve-Spells, Thirteen-Spells, Fourteen-Spells, Fifteen-Spells, Sixteen-Spells),_ gives(_ =-owner::level to ST:Magery,_ =+owner::level to "ST:One-Spell Magery Magery"_ ),_ x(_ #message(Use this limitation *ONLY* on the Magery advantage. It will cause errors if used on any other trait.),_ #message(In order for the Magery level to be added to the individual spells you will need to add modifiers to this modifier selecting which spell(s) it affects.),_ #buildit _ ) One-Spell Magery (%SpellsList%), -80%/-75%, upto(1), levelnames(,), group(Magery), page(Th25), formula(-85 + (5 * ((%SpellsCost16% + %SpellsCost15% + %SpellsCost14% + %SpellsCost13% + %SpellsCost12% + %SpellsCost11% + %SpellsCost10% + %SpellsCost9% + %SpellsCost8% + %SpellsCost7% + %SpellsCost6% + %SpellsCost5% + %SpellsCost4% + %SpellsCost3% + %SpellsCost2% + %SpellsCost1%)))), forceformula(yes),_ gives(_ =-Owner::Level to "ST:Magery"_ ),_ x(_ #Message(Use this limitation *ONLY* on the Magery advantage. It will cause errors if used on any other trait (including the Magery 0 advantage).),_ #Message(If you choose any spells which require specialization you will need to manually edit the gives() tag of this modifier to correctly give a bonus to those spell(s).),_ #ChoiceList(_ name(Spells),_ title(One-Spell Magery),_ text(Choose up to sixteen spells which your Magery is limited to:),_ picksallowed(atleast 1, upto 16),_ method(bynumber),_ list(_ #grouplist(GR:AllSpellsMagical, flags(NoPrefix), prepend("), append("=1))_ ),_ aliaslist(_ #grouplist(GR:AllSpellsMagical)_ )_ )_ ), noresync(yes)
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03-02-2018, 09:37 AM | #5 | |
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
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Maybe I'm just being obtuse, but I imported the code as is into notepad and saved it as a GDF, but when I load it the spells are still counting magery. I load it at the very bottom of my data set. Any Idea what I'm doing wrong? |
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03-02-2018, 09:42 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way, Infinity.
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
Easiest way to have it not impact the level of your Spells is to create a new Advantage called Magery to replace the existing one.
Last edited by MIB.6361; 03-02-2018 at 09:43 AM. Reason: read other responses |
03-02-2018, 12:12 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
If it's an existing character you will need to resynchronize Attributes and Advantages for the changes to take effect.
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03-02-2018, 12:29 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Re: Divorcing Magery from Skill Ranks
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