05-08-2019, 02:29 PM | #11 | |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
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That said, I am implementing rules that require gems of increasing size and perfection to store higher amounts of ST. At some point, it will become size and cost-prohibitive to aquire stones able to store more than 50 ST or so that a wizard can actually carry around (that's just in my game, however).
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05-08-2019, 02:33 PM | #12 | |
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05-08-2019, 02:34 PM | #13 |
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05-08-2019, 04:50 PM | #14 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
I concur that 720 (also OIL upside down) is a story element.
I am also going to put limits on the size of gems, as GURPS does. I like the 1 mana/1 karat rule. But any gemstone will do, even the 12pound chunk of Imperial Jade. Large gems are targets for theft, big chucks of semi-precious stones are large chunks of semi-precious stones.
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05-09-2019, 01:42 AM | #15 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
Does the type of stone matter, or just the cost? For example, would a button-sized Ruby work the same as, or better than a softball-sized Garnet? (Or however big the Garnet would need to be, to have value equal to the Ruby. You get the idea.)
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05-09-2019, 07:29 AM | #16 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
Yes (sort of), although my version of Cidri (being artificial) doesn't have 'precious gemstones' in the traditional sense. They are not naturally occurring, but are rather artifacts of Mnoren technology. They still come in various sizes and quality, however, which is what is relevant here.
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05-09-2019, 08:11 AM | #17 | |
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05-09-2019, 08:15 AM | #18 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
Oh, there is plenty to dig for... Cidri isn't built out of chicken wire and plaster, after all.
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05-10-2019, 10:52 AM | #19 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
There's a problem with most calculations relating to powerstones and gemstones: The costs are not linear. In fact, according to the Lumera website, they are exponential: https://www.lumeradiamonds.com/diamo...d-carat-weight
If a 1 carat stone costs $1000, then a 100 carat stone would not cost $100,000 but $10,000,000 (a 50 carat stone would cost $2,500,000) so the cost of mana per carat goes up. One option is to assign the mana capacity based on value rather than size. This has its own problems since value varies with locale and circumstances Another option would be to increase the mana capacity using a geometric series: the first carat can hold 1 mana, the second, 2, the third three, etc. This way a 10 carat stone, costing $100,000 would hold 55 mana, a 15 carat stone, costing $225,000 would hold 120 mana. Note that anything above 3 carats is unwieldy in a ring and anything above 1 carat is REALLY gaudy, evident, and almost unhidable. This avoids many wizards having gemstones the size of chicken eggs which is larger than almost any known stone on earth today. The Cullinan I diamond is only 530 carats. The Golden Jubilee Diamond (the largest cut diamond) is 545 carats. The Bahia emerald (uncut) is 1,900,000 carats which might make a really interesting backdrop to an Emperor's or Emperor Lich's throne.
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05-10-2019, 11:48 AM | #20 |
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Re: Limits on powerstones
From some outlooks, that's not so much a problem as a very nice rational reality-based limiting factor for high-ST powerstones, especially if a crit fail destroys the gem.
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