Animate spell questions with mainentence cost

meregeeks · 06-25-2014, 03:33 PM

Why does animate have a half cost to maintain? I suspect because they allow you to animate stone [x2 cost] or metal [x3 cost] which means base line you have a 1.5 maintenance. Which I guess translates to 2FP/min default... since you round up for costs?

Is that correct?

Anaraxes · 06-25-2014, 06:09 PM

Yes. Rounding conventions are on page 9 of Characters. Rounding is the last step; carry the fractions all the way through before rounding.

Incidentally, my copy of Magic 4e says for Animate Object "Same cost to maintain", not half cost.

Not another shrubbery · 06-25-2014, 06:12 PM

I think he's talking about the Necromancy spell, Animation.

Anaraxes · 06-25-2014, 08:19 PM

Yes, that fits.

06-25-2014, 03:33 PM	#1
meregeeks Join Date: Jun 2014	Animate spell questions with mainentence cost Why does animate have a half cost to maintain? I suspect because they allow you to animate stone [x2 cost] or metal [x3 cost] which means base line you have a 1.5 maintenance. Which I guess translates to 2FP/min default... since you round up for costs? Is that correct?

06-25-2014, 06:09 PM	#2
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Animate spell questions with mainentence cost Yes. Rounding conventions are on page 9 of Characters. Rounding is the last step; carry the fractions all the way through before rounding. Incidentally, my copy of Magic 4e says for Animate Object "Same cost to maintain", not half cost.

06-25-2014, 06:12 PM	#3
Not another shrubbery Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Animate spell questions with mainentence cost I think he's talking about the Necromancy spell, Animation.

06-25-2014, 08:19 PM	#4
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Animate spell questions with mainentence cost Yes, that fits.