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post Jul 26 2007, 08:09 PM
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Is there a point in a magician's career when, through karma gain and initiation, he will no longer be able to counteract drain from his most powerful spells?

That is to say, is there a limit on how powerful a spell can be, because drain will be impossible to negate?
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- RedRum   Cap for High Level Magicians?   Jul 26 2007, 08:09 PM
- - Jaid   not as such no. provided they take the centering ...   Jul 26 2007, 08:11 PM
- - Ravor   Sure, because even our unlimited Karma uber Mage c...   Jul 26 2007, 08:14 PM
- - RedRum   Re-read and understood. At first level of initiat...   Jul 26 2007, 08:16 PM
- - Jaid   QUOTE (Ravor) Sure, because even our unlimited Kar...   Jul 26 2007, 08:19 PM
- - RedRum   nice. I was asking for an npc magician I am making...   Jul 26 2007, 08:23 PM
- - Ravor   Sorry but you are mistaken Jaid because Drain incr...   Jul 26 2007, 08:38 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Infinity/3 = Infinity Infinity/2 = Infinity   Jul 26 2007, 08:45 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) Infinity/3 = Infinity I...   Jul 26 2007, 08:48 PM
- - Particle_Beam   Even so, the drain is capped at that exact force t...   Jul 26 2007, 08:55 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Ravor) Sorry but you are mistaken Jaid beca...   Jul 26 2007, 08:58 PM
- - Ravor   Ok, now that we've gotten that bit of snarkine...   Jul 26 2007, 08:59 PM
- - Demerzel   Basically it is this: Drain increases as F/2. Th...   Jul 26 2007, 08:59 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (hyzmarca) One fourth of infinity, ∞/4, is...   Jul 26 2007, 09:01 PM
- - Particle_Beam   Ehrm, guys, no matter what, you don't cast spe...   Jul 26 2007, 09:09 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Demerzel @ Jul 26 2007, 04:01 PM) QUOT...   Jul 26 2007, 09:14 PM
- - WeaverMount   If you are talking about a Mage who really really ...   Jul 26 2007, 09:15 PM
- - Dashifen   ^ Could be a good run where the PCs are working fo...   Jul 26 2007, 09:17 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (Particle_Beam) because the dices are infini...   Jul 26 2007, 09:17 PM
- - James McMurray   Hehe. They're arguing about what happens when ...   Jul 26 2007, 09:18 PM
- - Particle_Beam   QUOTE (Demerzel) This is the kind of misconception...   Jul 26 2007, 09:22 PM
- - Demerzel   But you cannot have infinite dice, just as you can...   Jul 26 2007, 09:24 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Particle_Beam) QUOTE (Demerzel @ Jul 2...   Jul 26 2007, 09:26 PM
- - Particle_Beam   I assumed that the infinite Karma was already spen...   Jul 26 2007, 10:06 PM
- - hyzmarca   You cannot have infinite magic or infinite grades....   Jul 26 2007, 10:12 PM
- - Wakshaani   Well *I* use a hard cap on magic, with the best El...   Jul 26 2007, 10:58 PM
- - laughingowl   As a side note: Well with infinte karma goes: Bo...   Jul 26 2007, 11:02 PM
- - Ravor   QUOTE (James McMurray)Hehe. They're arguing ab...   Jul 26 2007, 11:06 PM
- - Demerzel   The way I see it; there are two limits being discu...   Jul 26 2007, 11:16 PM
- - Ravor   Sure, and what I'm saying is that looking at t...   Jul 26 2007, 11:22 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (RedRum) Is there a point in a magician...   Jul 26 2007, 11:34 PM
- - hyzmarca   Of course that is true. But you never have to cast...   Jul 26 2007, 11:38 PM
- - Ravor   Well the way I see things, I'm answering both ...   Jul 26 2007, 11:47 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (Ravor @ Jul 26 2007, 01:14 PM) Drain i...   Jul 26 2007, 11:53 PM
- - Wakshaani   QUOTE (Ravor) Wakshaani well personally I also use...   Jul 27 2007, 12:34 AM
- - Ddays   This real problem is the rate at which the magicia...   Jul 27 2007, 01:37 AM
- - odinson   If you had infinite karma couldn't you just bu...   Jul 27 2007, 01:46 AM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   You can't improve attributes, skills, etc. wit...   Jul 27 2007, 01:52 AM
- - hyzmarca   With infinite karma, you can just arbitrarily writ...   Jul 27 2007, 02:17 AM
- - Ravor   Demerzel I agree with what you are saying, but I...   Jul 27 2007, 02:17 AM
- - odinson   QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) You can't improve a...   Jul 27 2007, 02:25 AM


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