09-24-2017, 11:35 PM | #1 |
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[Thaumatology] Conditional Terminations
This question refers to Conditional Terminations from the sidebar on GURPS Thaumatology p. 242.
I'm trying to figure out what would be a good level for "until these words chiseled in stone are gone." For example, for a curse carved into an Egyptian tomb. So on the one hand, that can plausibly last centuries. On the other, it only takes an idiot with a rock to destroy it. ~ Some other examples: "...until I, the caster, die." "...until you drink alcohol again." "...until you touch her again." "...until you say [word] again."
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09-25-2017, 12:52 PM | #3 |
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Re: [Thaumatology] Conditional Terminations
Those are good suggestions.
Say the words are cut deep into an ax blade - casual use won't ruin it, but a good hit on the blade will certainly wreck the wording.
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09-25-2017, 02:15 PM | #4 |
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Re: [Thaumatology] Conditional Terminations
The natural duration of words carved in stone is centuries, which would imply a -15 or so. But on the other hand, They could be taken down shortly, and give humans a lot more agency than otherwise -- if the people involved know about it. If you can hide the stone, or otherwise take measures to prevent destruction of the words, its 15 to 13.
If you've got to leave the stone out in the open or nearby the target or some other appropriate limitation, then it will drop quite a bit to 7 or so: Prominent writing declaring the solution to a curse is to destroy it tends not to last. Of course, if its a binding on a monster, someone could set a watch around it to ensure the beast remain asleep for all time.
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Re: [Thaumatology] Conditional Terminations
I was playing around with general guidelines for conditionals and a friend came up with this:
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