[Tripper] Re: Magic thoughts

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Shawn,

Just you and I on this list, but I thought we could start using it.

On Aug 16, 2005, at 8:48 PM, Shawn De Arment wrote:

> Mentalist Disciplines
> I really like the idea of a master scaleable spell table,.
> But I was thinking, when a character learns a Mentalist Discipline, 
> like Electrokinesis, it would make more story sense if it took time to 
> figure out all the applications. Just because he can cause lightning 
> to jump from a transformer, he would have do some work to figure out 
> how to "talk" to computers, or become invisible. These applications 
> would be like spells/powers and would still have to be researched.
> What do you think?

I kind of like the idea of being able to have general stuff that you 
can meld on the fly.  We could have modifiers:

  - Range to source
  - Accuracy
  - Energy potential
  - Spectrum
  - Familiarity of action (player would note down previous successes)

So, lightning from a transformer 20 feet away to hit a truck 100 yards 
distant would have easy range for source (+5, touch would be +10)), 
moderate accuracy (-10), medium energy (makes it 3rd level), narrow 
spectrum (+10).  The character has never done this, so maybe a -25 for 
that.  I don't want to get too complicated about this, so maybe once 
you've done it the first time, that goes away.
>
> Cantrips
> I noticed that cantrips have a save of 3xMS (tripper p.47)
> I think it would be better if cantrips don't work against resistant 
> targets.
> It would be balanced. They automaticly go off, but a resistant target 
> automaticly saves.
> What do you think?
>
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