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Old 09-01-2010, 11:27 PM   #5
Sunrunners_Fire
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Default Re: How to resolve this situation?

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Originally Posted by Diomedes View Post
He needs to have all 20 EP available at the last second of casting, ceremonial magic or no. That said, unless he has limitations on his ER, he can combine them with his FP to get to 20 (unless you've decided that the setting prohibits that, of course).
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Originally Posted by munin View Post
This issue comes up frequently with the Draw Power spell. No, you have to spend all of the spell's energy at the time of casting, not during the ritual.

"At the end of the last second of concentration, make a success roll for the spell ... On a success, mark off the spell’s energy cost against your FP ..." (p. B235)
Ah. Something I reference when discussing this with the group. Thank you both.

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Originally Posted by benz72 View Post
For the cost, bump the regen rate down a notch and throw the points into expanding the reserve. Though it is impressive to be able to throw a 10 fp spell every second indefinitely it is not as useful as being able to pull out the bigger guns when needed (and still have an amazing recovery rate).
Heh. The numbers were selected to simplify the question, not to represent the characters' actual capabilities. Thank you for the suggestion though. :)

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Now to figure out how to make the energy accumulate while casting (even if only ceremonially or something) so that he doesn't need to buy a 10k ER.
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