[RPM] Misc Questions

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Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Doesn't seem particularly cheap when I ran it through (I have a character who may use it)

Coooooold Steel: This adds 3d burning (intense cold) damage to a steel weapon. It also causes spiffy vapor trails as the water in the air freezes in its wake.

This Casting: Greater Destroy Energy (5) + Lesser Control Magic (5) + Duration, 10 minutes (1) + Altered Trait, , 3d Burning followup (15). 78 energy (26×3).

That is pretty damn cheap, especially because by the rules I'm using for DF, that's a lesser effect. Compare with

Fireball
Greater Create Matter [6] (Explosive Fireball) Lesser Control Magic: cast as charm [5]
Damage: External 4d+2 Explosive [5]
Enhancements: Explosive 1 [10]
Cost : 78 (26*3)

This might do 4d+2 to one target once, assuming you hit with it, and might do some percentage of that to nearby enemies. That spell could do 3d a whole lot of times, depending on how often you attack (and hit) with it.