Enchantment / Limited Use

Henchman99942 · 03-06-2015, 03:07 PM

Has anyone seen anything like a limitation for enchantments that limit a magic item to # Uses per Day? The 'Limited Use' limitation for advantages is -40% for '1 Use per Day'. Does this sound reasonable? The item would still be permanently magical, it would simply work 'Once per day' or 'Twice per day' or whatever. And if the item casts the spell, then the wearer or user could maintain the spell if they pay the fatigue cost, meaning that spells like 'Warmth', that last for one hour, could be maintained all day long provided the wearer's activity level allowed the regaining of fatigue.

Any thoughts?

Nereidalbel · 03-06-2015, 03:47 PM

Sounds like a valid use of Metatronic Generators to me.

Gef · 03-06-2015, 04:05 PM

houserule here, but I'd give either 40% off slow enchantment, or +4 to quick allowing 4 extra enchanters to contribute energy.

Anaraxes · 03-06-2015, 04:16 PM

The Exclusive Powerstone serves this function for Magic enchantments. Exclusive means the item can only be powered from its internal Powerstone. Make the size of the Powerstone equal to N times the cost of the spell (divided by three, 'cause Exclusive) to make it usable at most N times per day.

Anthony · 03-06-2015, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Anaraxes

The Exclusive Powerstone serves this function for Magic enchantments. Exclusive means the item can only be powered from its internal Powerstone. Make the size of the Powerstone equal to N times the cost of the spell (divided by three, 'cause Exclusive) to make it usable at most N times per day.

That's not the way powerstones work. They recover 1 point per day, not their size per day.

benz72 · 03-07-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Anthony

That's not the way powerstones work. They recover 1 point per day, not their size per day.

Although, an advanced form of the powerstone enchantment might be called for here...

Varyon · 03-09-2015, 08:03 AM

Briefly, "One Use Ever" is a x1/5 Limitation, and on weapons "One Use Ever" enchantments (that is, those applied to projectiles) look to be something like x1/10 to energy. So, every -4 SSR to cost by Limitations might be something like -6 SSR to cost for enchantments.

-40% is around -1.5 SSR, so -2.25 SSR might be appropriate here. That's somewhere around -55% to energy.

You'll want to check GURPS Magic to see if other Limitations follow a similar trend (I don't much like the system; I'm eyeballing based on the prices given for enchantments in DF8).

03-06-2015, 03:07 PM	#1
Henchman99942 Join Date: Oct 2012	Enchantment / Limited Use Has anyone seen anything like a limitation for enchantments that limit a magic item to # Uses per Day? The 'Limited Use' limitation for advantages is -40% for '1 Use per Day'. Does this sound reasonable? The item would still be permanently magical, it would simply work 'Once per day' or 'Twice per day' or whatever. And if the item casts the spell, then the wearer or user could maintain the spell if they pay the fatigue cost, meaning that spells like 'Warmth', that last for one hour, could be maintained all day long provided the wearer's activity level allowed the regaining of fatigue. Any thoughts?

03-06-2015, 03:47 PM	#2
Nereidalbel Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ellicott City, MD	Re: Enchantment / Limited Use Sounds like a valid use of Metatronic Generators to me.

03-06-2015, 04:05 PM	#3
Gef Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Yucca Valley, CA	Re: Enchantment / Limited Use houserule here, but I'd give either 40% off slow enchantment, or +4 to quick allowing 4 extra enchanters to contribute energy.

03-06-2015, 04:16 PM	#4
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Enchantment / Limited Use The Exclusive Powerstone serves this function for Magic enchantments. Exclusive means the item can only be powered from its internal Powerstone. Make the size of the Powerstone equal to N times the cost of the spell (divided by three, 'cause Exclusive) to make it usable at most N times per day.

03-09-2015, 08:03 AM	#7
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: Enchantment / Limited Use Briefly, "One Use Ever" is a x1/5 Limitation, and on weapons "One Use Ever" enchantments (that is, those applied to projectiles) look to be something like x1/10 to energy. So, every -4 SSR to cost by Limitations might be something like -6 SSR to cost for enchantments. -40% is around -1.5 SSR, so -2.25 SSR might be appropriate here. That's somewhere around -55% to energy. You'll want to check GURPS Magic to see if other Limitations follow a similar trend (I don't much like the system; I'm eyeballing based on the prices given for enchantments in DF8).