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Gumby Bush · 10-21-2020, 06:06 AM

Yup, I was thinking of Emergency Use of Threshold Casting.

You might treat a reduced threshold and similar as quirks, for non-mages only.

Actually, I'm not sure why Increased Threshold is an Advantage while Reduced Threshold is a Limitation (ceteris paribus for the other two)--probably because the limitations don't matter much for non-mages. The limitations are worth -1 to -3pts/level, so a quirk for some combination would be fair enough so long as the GM ensures it matters. A quirk for just one would be the same discount that a Magery 1 mage would receive, though, which might not be fair.

10-21-2020, 06:06 AM	#4
Gumby Bush Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: FL	Re: Non-Mage Threshold / Tally Recovery / Calamity Proneness / Yup, I was thinking of Emergency Use of Threshold Casting. You might treat a reduced threshold and similar as quirks, for non-mages only. Actually, I'm not sure why Increased Threshold is an Advantage while Reduced Threshold is a Limitation (ceteris paribus for the other two)--probably because the limitations don't matter much for non-mages. The limitations are worth -1 to -3pts/level, so a quirk for some combination would be fair enough so long as the GM ensures it matters. A quirk for just one would be the same discount that a Magery 1 mage would receive, though, which might not be fair. __________________ Formerly known as fighting_gumby.