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Magic p8 tells '' Each spell has an energy cost. When you cast the spell, you must pay this cost in either FP or HP. '' p69 '' Any wizard touching a Powerstone may take any or all of the energy it contains, using it instead of his body’s own energy to cast a spell.'' can you use more than 1 powerstone to cast a spell? can you 'mix' your own fp& hp with the points in the powerstones? p17 '' A lone caster is limited to the energy provided by his FP, HP, and one Powerstone.'' (talking about 'quik and dirty' enchantments) this last sentencie both limits you to one powerstone and allow you to 'mix'. I asume that the specification means that the usual rule is different for normal spell casting. so for normal castning... one powerstone, no mix? any number of powerstones, no mix? any number of powerstones, mix?
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#142 | |
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Athens of America
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At the point of casting/maintaining you can use your FP, your HP and one Powerstone. Then for subsequent castings/maintains you can mix/match(ie different stones) always using the above formula (effectively YOU + 1 Stone). Some Examples... ...I almost always use HP to maintain when things get tight...if it is very tight I will burn 1 HP on casting (remember each HP used to cast gives -1 to skill for spell) ...I have had to hold 4-5 Dazes for about 3-4 minutes to do a quick infiltration...I ran through my FP; drained my stones (2 at that point) and used 11 of my 15 HP on casting/maintaining the spells...still was cheaper than making the whole party Invisible tho.. ...was looking at dropping a mega Illusionary Darkness to short circut a battle (was calculating the max area I could cover with FP+ largest Stone+ 1-2 HP)... I have never Run with Energy Reserve (Hell i do not have Powers tho I do have Supers); in that case I assume it would fall in as part of the YOU in above formula (FP+HP+ER+1 stone). I dont have books at work but I am sure people will be happy to point out how wrong I am.... <wink>
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.-Foch America is not perfect, but I will hold her hand until she gets well.-unk Tuskegee Airman Last edited by Witchking; 08-24-2009 at 11:29 AM. |
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#143 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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#144 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I had always (for some odd reason) assumed that you couldn't re-enchant a gemstone that had been used once as a mana stone. I don't recall it having that stipulation, but I just always assumed it, otherwise, one need only purchase a gemstone once, and enchant it over and over and over again until it was useless due to a crit failure etc. But that's just my recollection of it rather than a rather stringent reading of the rules. |
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#145 | |
Join Date: Feb 2008
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From what I grok from reading the boards I think somewhere (in DF mebbe) it postulates that you can enchant "ordinary" items (ie a pebble) for 4x the cost to overcome the "commonality" of the material...so for Powerstone the cost of 80 for a pebble is high...however they posit the Manastone pebble coming in at 20 works for them. I dunno I dont see it.
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#146 | |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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You can only use one Powerstone at a time. You could use one Powerstone to cast the spell and then use another one to maintain it a minute later but you can only draw from one stone during one game Turn.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Assuming quick and dirty, at $1 per energy point in casting, and the fact that quick and dirty takes 1 hour to complete even if the cost of the enchantment is only 5 fatigue, this is what I get overall: Max Q&D enchantment per day is 8 (in an 8 hour day). Using gemstones, the cost for an 8 point manastone would be: $960 plus 8x5 or $40 for actual energy cost. Total: $1,000 Using pebbles at zero cost for the pebbles, but spending 20 energy per casting, I get a final cost of: 8 x $20 or $160 Both the pebble and the gemstone are reusable. Question on a hypothetical level... Since the enchantment dissappates upon the use of the mana stone, does the quirk disappate as well? Or will subsequent enchantment of the stone result in the same quirk contaminating all other subsequent enchantments? My gut instinct is to say "No, it doesn't contaminate". In any event, $1,000 versus $160 (using quick thinking and not spending the time to determine how much a solitary enchanter with say, 1 assistant should be making to pay for a day's labor...) |
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#149 | |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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This even works on Powerstone Quirks. If your stone picks up a Quirk that's just too annoying use Remove Enchantment to get rid of that last point of Powerstone and the quirk that came with it will disappear as well. This does raise odd questions of what the Power (i.e Enchantment Skill) of your Powerstone is. You could have a different number for each pt of the Powerstone's Enchantments.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Now for the hard part - finding WHERE he said that :( |
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