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08-10-2020, 11:17 AM | #12 |
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That could work, although I would note that the guy casting on 120 people would need an ungodly amount of either FP or skill.
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08-10-2020, 11:31 AM | #13 |
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It is not that difficult for your stereotypical villain. Imagine a High Priest of X with Religious Rank 6, Status 5, and Multimillionaire 2 at TL3. They would have $10 million in assets, easily allowing them to purchase 840 5 energy powerstones ($499,800). With a few acolytes on hand, the High Priest could easily pop open 120 chests within ten minutes during the daily sacrifices, have the powerstones put back in their vault, and then clean up for the rest of the day. Within a year, they could extract the hearts of over forty thousand people.
Now, making my suggested changes means that the High Priest of X needs capacity 10 powerstones and could only harvest a fraction of the hearts. They would also need Surgery at a high level to reliably harvest the hearts intact. While they could perform a daily sacrifice of one individual without too much trouble, they would not be able to depopulate entire regions. |
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08-10-2020, 01:37 PM | #16 |
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08-10-2020, 01:51 PM | #17 |
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This logic doesn't really hold up. The spell doesn't give him 130 points worth of social traits, and it doesn't make gathering up sacrifice victims any easier. Considering the limitations, all the spell allows is killing someone you would already be able to easily kill and removing an intact heart without buying up Surgery to ungodly levels. Maybe on par with low-end IQ/H spells, but I don't think it's that strong.
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(Alternatively to making an easier Enchant spell, one could use Alchemical Charms - but those are probably way too expensive for many.)
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That the original write-up allows it to be used as part of efforts to depopulate a region, resulted in a conversation chain I found semi-humorous. Could it be made into a least spell? Yes. Others have made notes of changes that would help; and I would also add, "requiring the target to be unarmoured." |
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