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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Magery

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Originally Posted by gunday (Post 2538068)

So, if my mage has a specialization in a spell school, it means the specialization bonus is added to the base skill to reduce the fatigue cost.

Which magic system are you using? Aspected Magery means that your IQ is higher for schools covered by the extra Magery, but that isn't the same thing as "specialisation."

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Magery

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Originally Posted by Ichaft (Post 2537940)

He claims base skill only takes IQ into account and that magery only affects effective skill.

I've seen people around the forum saying it does give you the cost reduction, and we've gone through the rules back and forth already. Would appreciate an answer from someone more experienced than us though.

Powers p. 157 "Base Skill", roll [...] plus Talent

"Effective Skill" is a separate paragraph on the same page

In Basic Set, p.235 the description for spell casting says "Base skill" plus adjustments for spell classes (regular, area, etc), so the Talent of Magery should be inlcuded in "base skill"...

I'm sure I read that a "talent" is to modify the controlling attribute when calculating a skill... I don't see a page reference here:

https://gurps4e.fandom.com/wiki/Talent

B563 defines "base skill " as the number before any modifiers. B563 lists a Modifier as a number applied for a specific situation.