Oct 29 2005, 05:53 PM
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Decker on the Threshold ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
What do you suppose would happen to game balance is mages swapped Magic and their tradition's stat for conjuring and sorcery tests? What I mean is, for instance:
1) Mage rolls (Attribute)+Sorcery skill to cast a spell, like Logic+Spellcasting for a hermetic, or Charisma+Spellcasting for a shaman 2) Mage rolls Magic+Willpower for Drain. I'm thinking this could be a good idea for limiting the power of mages in the long term. This way, instead of using the cap-less Magic attribute for actual spellcasting--thus as you gain in power easily overshadowing the Opposed character's dice pool--they "only" use their attribute cap-breaking Magic stat to help resist Drain. It also makes that primary stat for a mage's tradition even more integral to their actual spellcasting rather than Drain, which makes more sense to me flavor-wise. So, what do you think? Am I missing something important? |
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Eyeless Blond Magic Tweak Oct 29 2005, 05:53 PM
Squinky Sounds cool to me... Oct 29 2005, 06:50 PM
Dread Polack So, the Magic attribute would still cap the force ... Oct 29 2005, 11:13 PM
Eyeless Blond QUOTE (Dread Polack)So, the Magic attribute would ... Oct 30 2005, 03:03 AM
blakkie Well, without further modification to the rules, P... Oct 30 2005, 05:02 AM
hyzmarca QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Oct 29 2005, 12:53 PM)... Oct 30 2005, 05:49 PM
Shemhazai I think this is an intriguing idea. Maybe it work... Oct 31 2005, 09:21 AM
Eyeless Blond To be honest Shemhazai most of that isn't a fl... Oct 31 2005, 01:00 PM
Azralon I find myself liking the idea quite a bit. It doe... Oct 31 2005, 03:59 PM
PlatonicPimp There may be one other side effect of this adaptat... Oct 31 2005, 06:35 PM
2bit "Magic can theoretically do anything" ha... Oct 31 2005, 08:33 PM
Azralon QUOTE (PlatonicPimp)No matter how awesome your dic... Oct 31 2005, 08:58 PM
PlatonicPimp QUOTE (Azralon)
With regard to other spells, you... Oct 31 2005, 10:57 PM
Fortune QUOTE (2bit) "Magic can theoretically do anyt... Nov 1 2005, 03:58 AM
Eyeless Blond And further magic can do anything, but metahumanit... Nov 1 2005, 03:29 PM
blakkie This has come up before; The GGD was actually more... Nov 1 2005, 04:34 PM
Azralon QUOTE (PlatonicPimp) Why would I cast a high force... Nov 1 2005, 04:38 PM
Azralon QUOTE (blakkie) This has come up before; The GGD w... Nov 1 2005, 04:40 PM
FrankTrollman QUOTE (Azralon) Regarding the upper limits of magi... Nov 1 2005, 06:50 PM
Cynic project Well, to be honest look at the world around you.It... Nov 1 2005, 07:05 PM
hyzmarca QUOTE (Cynic project) Well, to be honest look at t... Nov 1 2005, 08:04 PM
PlatonicPimp QUOTE (Azralon)
Regarding the upper limits of mag... Nov 1 2005, 11:16 PM
blakkie Unfortunately "direct damge spells" work... Nov 2 2005, 12:03 AM
Shemhazai This would be great for player characters. Even t... Nov 2 2005, 12:13 AM
blakkie Ironically it would give GD, in SR4 RAW, an extra ... Nov 2 2005, 12:34 AM
Eyeless Blond Note that dragons (and presumably IEs too) break t... Nov 2 2005, 06:28 PM
blakkie The metahuman Skill cap isn't really broken by... Nov 2 2005, 06:38 PM
Eyeless Blond QUOTE (blakkie) Average hits from Centering is out... Nov 2 2005, 06:57 PM
Azralon QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Nov 2 2005, 02:57 PM) ... Nov 2 2005, 10:24 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Nov 2 2005, 12:57 PM) ... Nov 2 2005, 10:33 PM
Azralon Lemme sum up what I'm thinking in an example:
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blakkie QUOTE (Azralon @ Nov 2 2005, 04:43 PM) This f... Nov 2 2005, 11:15 PM
Azralon I did say "more consistent." Nov 3 2005, 02:44 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon) I did say "more consistent.... Nov 3 2005, 04:44 PM
Azralon QUOTE (blakkie) You are taking it and making it So... Nov 3 2005, 04:52 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon @ Nov 3 2005, 10:52 AM) QUOTE ... Nov 3 2005, 04:55 PM
Eyeless Blond Ah, so some of you *do* like the idea of reinvisio... Nov 3 2005, 05:08 PM
Azralon I think I see your boggle, Blakkie. I'll expl... Nov 3 2005, 05:13 PM
Azralon QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Nov 3 2005, 01:08 PM) ... Nov 3 2005, 05:16 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Nov 3 2005, 11:08 AM) ... Nov 3 2005, 05:50 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon @ Nov 3 2005, 11:13 AM) The or... Nov 3 2005, 05:53 PM
Eyeless Blond QUOTE (blakkie @ Nov 3 2005, 09:50 AM) QUOTE ... Nov 3 2005, 06:00 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Eyeless Blond @ Nov 3 2005, 12:00 PM) ... Nov 3 2005, 06:16 PM
PlatonicPimp In the places your proposal makes sense, it also ... Nov 3 2005, 06:20 PM
Azralon QUOTE (blakkie @ Nov 3 2005, 01:53 PM) QUOTE ... Nov 3 2005, 07:00 PM
blakkie QUOTE (PlatonicPimp) I feel that the "ownage... Nov 3 2005, 07:05 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon @ Nov 3 2005, 01:00 PM) QUOTE ... Nov 3 2005, 09:16 PM
Azralon QUOTE (blakkie) As i pointed out from the start, i... Nov 4 2005, 01:20 AM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon @ Nov 3 2005, 07:20 PM) QUOTE ... Nov 4 2005, 02:06 AM
Gothic Rose QUOTE (Eyeless Blond)
So, here's my beef with... Nov 4 2005, 05:37 AM
Azralon QUOTE (blakkie) You just didn't actually accom... Nov 4 2005, 05:38 AM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon) QUOTE (blakkie @ Nov 3 2005, ... Nov 4 2005, 04:06 PM
Azralon <pat pat> Nov 4 2005, 04:09 PM
blakkie QUOTE (Azralon) <pat pat>
Oops, that... Nov 4 2005, 05:38 PM
Eyeless Blond QUOTE (Gothic Rose) Because, you know, the hacker ... Nov 4 2005, 06:08 PM
PlatonicPimp I plan on solving the problem much more easily. Wh... Nov 4 2005, 06:53 PM
Eyeless Blond "Oop, your character hit his fifth initiation... Nov 5 2005, 05:12 PM
Fortune I absolutely despise GM-forced retirement. Nov 8 2005, 01:25 AM
Gothic Rose QUOTE (Eyeless Blond)
Hm. Edge does seem to be a ... Nov 8 2005, 01:43 AM![]() ![]() |
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