GURPS Dark Sun Conversion

[Jürgen Hubert]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

Point of reference:

“In addition, the dragon can store magical energy in its body for use at a later time. This gives it the freedom to use its spells in even the most barren of wastes and the incentive to roam over wide expanses of desert in search of food.”
1st Ed Dark sun boxed set, The Wanderer’s Journal page 12.

So you might want to limit storing magical energy to high level defilers.

Well, the Dark Sun Revised boxed set says on p. 28 of "The Age of Heroes":

"There are two steps to casting a spell on Athas. First, a wizard must gather the energy to power the spell from the plant life around him. Then he performs the actions necessary for releasing the spell—the usual somatic, verbal, and material components of the spell come into play in the second step."
"This gathering of energy occurs outside of game time, during the same period of time as a wizard is memorizing his spells."

So the two works are inconsistent on this matter. I thought it would be interesting to split the distance and permit both. This also increases the overall paranoia level - are you sure that the guy in front of you is a preserver as he claims just because his spell didn't destroy the plants around him right now? Perhaps he just gathered the energy at an earlier point...