07-22-2010, 08:28 PM | #1 |
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[DF] GM advice: Druid spell list
The other day I was trying to help 4 new players to the GURPS system make DF characters. I forgot how druids use a different spell list and had the player create his spell list by having to choose prerequisite spells like a mage would. He's from a D&D background and loves to do the shapeshifting to an animal spell. This requires only something like four other spells as a requirement. Looking at DF, he would have to have Power investiture 4 to be able to use this spell.
What should I do? Make him create his spell list from scratch and make him buy another 2 levels of Power Investiture which will cost him 20 more points? Is the prerequisites vs. the Power investiture a balance type of thing? I want to make him happy but not unbalance the system. |
07-22-2010, 11:36 PM | #2 | ||
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07-23-2010, 06:25 AM | #3 |
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Re: [DF] GM advice: Druid spell list
I wouldn't worry about having made his character up with prerequisites instead - it won't "hurt" anything, and if he stuck mainly to Animal, Plant, and Weather spells he'll have his influence in-game the way people expect a druid.
Using Power Investiture prerequisites is an alternative to the spell prerequisites system, and as such is considered "equal" from a balance perspective, so you could use either. Don't forget though, the extra levels of Power Investiture will increase all his spell skill levels - which will really help offset the penalty that Druids face in non-wilderness areas, and may allow him to trade in some IQ if he bought that up to get his spell skill levels up.
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07-23-2010, 08:40 AM | #4 |
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07-23-2010, 08:44 AM | #5 | |
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So should I charge him another 5 pts for Magery 0, or does the Druidic penalties that you mentioned offset that? |
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