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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Interesting question:
For ANY magic item to work, it must have a power of 15 For any magic item to work in a low mana region, its power must be 20+ Does the rules regarding recharge rate supercede the blanket rule of low mana and power being 20+, or is it just a function of mana recharge rates in and of itself only - requiring a powerstone whose "power" is 20+ in order to be able to recharge slowly in a low mana zone? |
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#162 | |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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So a Powerstone made at 15 in regular mana drops to 10 in a LMZ and doesn't function as a magic item at all.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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#165 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Likewise, what happens when you have a mage who enchants a sword to +1 damage with Pussiance at skill level 16, and another mage casts the +2 version (ie another +1 in addition to the original +1) who happens to have a skill of 20 in both Pussiance and Enchantment? Kinda gets ugly, ya know? |
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#166 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I've got the beginning of an idea that might solve some problems with Powerstone, but might create others :/ What if you tie the power of the enchantment to the capacity of the powerstone? I'm thinking that a casting would fix its maximum charge at Power (effective skill), and that subsequent castings would actually add charge without affecting the maximum.
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#167 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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The power level of the powerstone is equal to the highest enchantment level put into the powerstone at any given time. Critical Successes increase the relative power level of the powerstone (I wish powerstones hadn't been called powerstones. Manabatteries yes, powerstones, no. It gets confusing to list the power of the magic item and try to avoid the confusion of how much energy the powerstone contains. Revised Magic should rename the item Manastones). Quirks and crit successes permeate the entire magic item. Thus, the powerstone always has one "power" value throughout, and any quirks affect all of the stone, not just the last power point imbued into the stone. I suspect too, that the same holds true when you attempt to add a second +1 pussiance to a sword that already has +1 pussiance embedded. That does raise a theory of magic issue. What happens when the skill of the mage is at say, 15, and he is attempting to add the second +1 for pussiance, to a sword whose power is listed as being 20? |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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As to "upgrading" a weapon note the following.... Quote:
You must cast Accuracy +2 Energy cost 1000 and the Accuracy +1 EC 250 on the weapon adds it energy in (ie upgrade takes 750 EC). So it isnt as simple as 1+1 = 2 A few to think on...
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#169 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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A level 1 pussiance enchanted with a skill of 20 at 250 points, is the first level of enchantment. A level 2 pussiance (or an additional +1) will as you note, cost 750. I am well aware of that. But as I pointed out, what happens if the enchanter who attempts to add the second +1 bonus to a sword already enchanted with +1, but HIS skill is only 15 - what then? Is the GM required to make note of this situation such that it acts as a +1 sword in low mana regions, and +2 sword in normal or better mana regions? What if the situation were reversed, where the person who inbued the sword with a +1 initially had a power level of 15, but the second mage added on the imbuement that would take it to +2 for only 750 energy - and his skill were at 20? Would the entire sword's enchantment fail to work because the foundational aspect of the pusiance isn't working in the low mana region, or will it act as a +1 weapon in low mana because the secondary imbuement will work in low mana, and doesn't require the foundational imbuement to work? THAT is what I was trying to get at. |
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#170 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Thanks :) |
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