RPM question

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Originally Posted by nudj

I misspoke when is said fatigue. If you are in a battle, 12 energy is hard to gather quickly. When you say “the greater can exceed the limits of the lesser”, what do you mean in the fireball context? Do you mean the GM decides, or do you mean some specific thing that is exceeded with fireball and Greater create energy, that is not exceeded with lesser destroy body.

Please forgive my lack of understanding of something that is probably obvious

I think he pretty much means what I said. The GM choose what qualifies as Lesser or Greater Effects. The more things that are Lesser Effect the more effective a caster is.

Originally Posted by nudj

So is that a default assumption in RPM? That you are not doing things spontaneously in battle?

Even with Ritual Adept it can be a problem coming up with enough energy fast enough. So you want to have charms premade so you can quickly get your spells off. You are limited in how many you can have but don't need them for most noncombat effects. Charms are essential to effective magical combat.