Newbie having a hard time with RPM

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Onkl

The improved version, including Klutz. Thanks for the above Charm, looks tasty!

===The Charm of Fail===
-5 to active defense rolls, -2 to basic speed, DisAd Total Klutz: Any failed DX based roll is a critical fail. Works on any subject up to 300 lbs for 10 minutes up to 20 yards. Subjects resist at -4 to HT.
Lesser Control Magic[5](Charm),
Lesser Control Body[5](-5 to Active Defense Rolls),
Lesser Control Body[5](-2 to Basic Speed),
Lesser Control Body[5](Total Klutz);
Subject Weight: 300 lbs. [3],
Duration: 10 minutes [1],
Range: Normal: 20 yds [6],
Bonus Or Penalty: Broad: -5 [80] (-5 to Active Defense Rolls),
Altered Traits: -40 [8] (-2 to Basic Speed),
Extra Energy: 4 [4] (-4 to Resist with HT roll),
Altered Traits: -15 [3] (Total Klutz).
Cost: 125

As it stands this spell only works on living beings, consider basing it on the Path of Chance and then you can affect all sorts of things...

[Christopher R. Rice]

BTW, all of those Control Body effects should be Destroy Body effects...

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

BTW, all of those Control Body effects should be Destroy Body effects...

Either one could be justified, though I agree that Destroy (ie, Weaken) Body is the more obvious route. Cost is the same either way.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Either one could be justified, though I agree that Destroy (ie, Weaken) Body is the more obvious route. Cost is the same either way.

That's sort of the beauty of RPM - I personally put most 'destructive' effects as Destroy Whatever.

[Onkl]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

That's not how Extra Energy works, adding extra energy makes a spell harder to dispel by another caster. I've been using Bestows a Penalty to make a spell harder to resist. So if you wanted -4 to resist it would cost an additional 8 energy.

Oh, thank you very much! I honestly thought I did it right... thanks for the correction!

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Onkl

Oh, thank you very much! I honestly thought I did it right... thanks for the correction!

Just glad I could help. Do note that as far as I am aware that's not strictly RAW, but it's come up in my game often enough that I had to make a decision on it for my campaigns. With a high enough skill you don't really need it, since the roll to affect someone with any given spell is your skill vs. the higher of their HT or Will + Magic Resistance.

Ghostdancer