08-13-2016, 09:45 AM | #1 |
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[RPM] Specialized Workspaces
In High Tech, there are Specialized Operating Theaters, which are cooler, shinier, and more expensive than regular operating theaters, and give a bigger bonus to one specific specialty while only counting as basic equipment for others
The idea of Specialized Workspaces seems pretty cool to me, as I can very easily imagine say a Hydromancers or Pyromancers or Necromancers or Druids or Diviners or whatnot workspace looking different than a generalist workspace for instance, and looking different than each others. Not sure how precisely I would price these however, or the specific effect I would give. An Operating Theater goes from +2 (all) to TL / 2 (specialty) basic (all) by going to 5 times cost. 5 is the same as the cost of a normal Higher Purpose. So, hmm Specialized Workspace - A specialized workspace is focused for a single higher purpose. For purposes of that specialty only, a Basic workspace counts as Good, a Good workspace counts as Fine, and a Fine provides +3 or TL / 2 (whichever is better). For all rituals outside that specialty, a Basic counts as Improvised, while a Good and Fine count as Basic. +2 CF for narrow Higher Purpose (ie Divination), +4 CF for a normal Higher Purpose (ie Pyromancy), +6 CF for a Broad Higher Purpose (ie Elementalism). Something like that? |
08-13-2016, 09:49 AM | #2 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
That seems good, though I wouldn't necessarily the Fine workspace to TL. I wouldn't necessarily not either though - it depends on how much magic is treated as a technology in the setting.
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08-13-2016, 11:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
Any discussion where you're not sure whether to apply TL-based bonuses to magic seems to scream for the mention of Sorcery Levels from Magic as Technological Progress by David Lichtenstein (Pyramid #3/43: Thaumatology III, p. 25).
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08-13-2016, 12:09 PM | #4 | |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
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08-13-2016, 03:19 PM | #5 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
Well, the purpose is to provide a bonus to the specialized field, much like the Specialized Operating Theater does, so it should cost more
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08-13-2016, 04:09 PM | #6 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
The base cost would go down, then you could increase the cost for the normal range (x5 for +1, x20 for +2, x100 for +/TL).
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08-13-2016, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
Okay, so:
A path of Elementalism (Broad tradition) specialized workshop would run 4/5 months pay for +0 = .8 months 20/5 months pay for +1 = 4 months 80/5 months pay for +2 = 16 months 400/5 months pay for +TL/2 = 80 months Under my proposed costs . . . for Broad 7 months pay for +1 35 months pay for +2 120 months pay for +TL/2 A Path of Hydromancy (Normal tradition, subsumed under Elementalism) specialized workshop would run 2/3 months pay for +0 = .67 months 10/3 months pay for +1 = 3.33 months 40/3 months pay for +2 = 13.33 months 200/3 months pay for +TL/2 = 66.67 months Under mine for Normal 5 months pay for +1 25 months pay for +2 100 months pay for +3 The Path of Mordaxomancy (Narrow tradition, subsumed under Hydromancy) 1/3 months pay for +0 = .33 months 5/3 months pay for +1 = 1.67 months 20/3 months pay for +2 = 6.67 months 100/3 months pay for +TL/2 = 33.33 months Under my proposed costs . . . for Narrow 3 months pay for +1 15 months pay for +2 60 months pay for +TL/2 Huh, similar, but yours are lower |
08-13-2016, 05:05 PM | #8 |
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Re: [RPM] Specialized Workspaces
It's just using the same logic for applying the bonus from Higher Purpose to a broader or narrower field.
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