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09-26-2018, 10:34 AM | #302 | |
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(The Lesser Wish also can be had by anyone for 500 XP. And it's specified elsewhere that Wishes are only granted by demons. So does that 500 XP involve consorting in some way with a demon? Answer: No, it's more meta than that. But that also means that a Lesser Wish can be seen as a form of "drama points" as seen in some other RPGs. Which IMO is a good thing.)
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09-26-2018, 10:43 AM | #303 |
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Yes, the lesser wish EXP rule is very good. Very very good. It assigns a substantial but reachable cost for something desirable and cinematic yet not wildly over powered. This will act as a release valve for PC's who have functionally saturated their stats and have all the talents or spells they meaningfully want or need given their IQ level. People will get to this stage after ~10,000 EXP, or about 2 years of normal play, and the they will feel frustrated unless they have something fun to work towards.
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09-26-2018, 11:57 AM | #304 | |
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09-26-2018, 12:05 PM | #305 |
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I'd also recommend that when a Physicker or Master Physicker uses a Healing Potion on someone, they can heal additional ST with it. Because they know what they're doing; they're essentially reducing the amount of potion required to heal a given amount of ST.
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09-26-2018, 01:22 PM | #306 |
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I'm so relieved and happy NOT to see that healing spell in the new ITL.
I do not think that ability 4) of the Lesser Wish means that you can restore lost body parts that wouldn't grow back naturally - I think it just restores all your ST and cures diseases. I think the Lesser Wish for XP thing is a good idea, but I would tend to restrict it to ability 2 & 3, and more limited versions of 1 (like you get to take the best of three rolls if you wish in advance, but not specify a 3 or 18), 4 (like, you get to not die from damage once, and maybe somehow you weren't hurt as bad as you should have been, but no your wounds don't magically vanish), and 5 (spending XP for an insight sounds ok, but not a forced answer to any question). I don't want my world to know a regeneration spell - too easy, too cheap, and makes crippled people only for the poor or foolish - greatly reduced significance of severe injury - no more nobles or veterans who lost and arm or leg in their adventures. I don't want that, at all. At most, I'd want limb restoration to require something rare, uncertain, dangerous, expensive, and/or interesting to be invested, if possible at all. Otherwise it's too much of removing something I like and find interesting (and realistic/immersive - losing an arm is an actual thing not a temporary setback) from the game. |
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09-26-2018, 03:03 PM | #308 | |
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And since about 1989 I've been in the habit of tracking what spells are known by who where in my homebrew campaign worlds. The default setting assumption in Cidri though is that there are powerful wizards for hire organized into Wizards Guilds which you can find in practically any city, so the default assumption would be that if the spell is known, the guild would do what they could to get it, write it down, teach it, and offer it as a service. |
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09-27-2018, 07:19 AM | #309 | |
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I concur that making it common takes away a lot of the colour and character of life in the world. I definitely intend access to the powerful forms to be quests unto themselves, such as "take the old blind scholar to the remote temple so that his sight can be restored and he can translate the mysterious scroll for you". But generally speaking, old Hragnar down at the pub who lost an eye in battle is going to have to content himself with an eyepatch. |
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09-27-2018, 01:08 PM | #310 |
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