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Plane · 06-15-2019, 05:42 PM

Is there any guideline as to how close you need to be to be a "spectator" and work against the ceremony?

If it's "line of sight" that would be pretty powerful (be camped out on a hill a mile away with a pair of binoculars, wish the ritual would fail) but would help explain why mages might tend to do ceremonial magic behind closed doors.

I'd like it if there was incentive to get closer to do more sabotage though. M12 gives a (is this free? do you even spend energy?) -5 from each opposing spectator, and since unskilled supporting spectators only give 1 (presumably from their FP?) that means 1 opposed can cancel out 5 supporting...

"Increased Range, LOS" is a +0% enhancement for abilities with a typical range of 2000+yards

Sense rolls use the B550 Speed/Range table which is -18 at 2000 yards (1 mile)

Rather than imparting -5 regardless of how far, what if instead it was -1 at 2000, -2 at 1600, -3 at 1200, -4 at 800, -5 at 400 or less? That way there is incentive to get closer to better disrupt the ritual.

06-15-2019, 05:42 PM	#15
Plane Join Date: Aug 2018	Re: [Magic] Using ceremonial magic to create an unassailable magical fortress Is there any guideline as to how close you need to be to be a "spectator" and work against the ceremony? If it's "line of sight" that would be pretty powerful (be camped out on a hill a mile away with a pair of binoculars, wish the ritual would fail) but would help explain why mages might tend to do ceremonial magic behind closed doors. I'd like it if there was incentive to get closer to do more sabotage though. M12 gives a (is this free? do you even spend energy?) -5 from each opposing spectator, and since unskilled supporting spectators only give 1 (presumably from their FP?) that means 1 opposed can cancel out 5 supporting... "Increased Range, LOS" is a +0% enhancement for abilities with a typical range of 2000+yards Sense rolls use the B550 Speed/Range table which is -18 at 2000 yards (1 mile) Rather than imparting -5 regardless of how far, what if instead it was -1 at 2000, -2 at 1600, -3 at 1200, -4 at 800, -5 at 400 or less? That way there is incentive to get closer to better disrupt the ritual.