Alternatives to Dependancy: Mana

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

I think making races with Mana Dependency interact with all the mana levels makes more sense. They should recover fatigue slower in Low and Very Low mana areas, suffer the Coughing affliction in Twisted mana areas, deal with Manic/Depressive in Wild Magic areas, and risk Euphoria in High and Very High mana areas. I'd generally just treat this as a 0 point feature for the relevant races.

The problem is that it's a series of disadvantages at every Mana level except Normal, with no up-sides to balance out the disadvantages. Unless this is meant to replace the Mana Dependancy entirely.

Originally Posted by Kelly Pedersen

Hmm. I wonder what the cost of a "Mana-Dependent Metabolism" trait would be? Something where you don't necessarily take damage in no-mana areas, but you heal FP and HP slower in Low Mana, and not at all in No Mana (but, conversely, you'd recover FP instantly in Very High Mana, presumably).

Assuming mana level frequencies as follows (as per the campaign I'm working on):

Low (-6): 11% (-35% Accessability limitation)
Low (-3): 25% (-30% Accessability limitation)
Normal: 25% (-30% Accessability limitation)
High (+3): 25% (-30% Accessability limitation)
High (+6): 11% (-35% Accessability limitation)

Other mana levels are extremely rare (-40% Accessability)

No Mana:
-1 DX, +0.25 Basic Speed = -15 -40% = -9
-1 IQ, +1 WILL = -15 -40% = -9
= -18 points

Low -6 Only:
Very Unfit would be -15 -35% = -9.75 points.
Slow Healing 2 would be -10 -35% = -6.5 points

Total -16 points

Low -3 Only:
Unfit would be -5 -30% = -3.5
Slow Healing 1 would be -5 -30% = -3.5
= -7 points

Normal Mana
No special advantages or disadvantages

High +3 Only:
Fit would be 5 -30% = 3.5
= 4 points

High +6 Only:
Very Fit would be 15 -35% = 9.75
= 10 points

Very High Only:
The usual value I've seen thrown around for "Cosmically Fit" is 30 points. Presuming that,
Cosmically Fit would be 30 -40% = 18

Net total -9