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Lilt
post Feb 10 2004, 07:19 PM
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What magical skills can power foci provide a bonus to?

Interesting Quotes:
QUOTE (Aid Power @ P108, MitS)
The ally acts as a power focus, adding its Force to its master's Magic for purposes of Drain and adding its Force in dice to any of its master's Magical skill tests each turn.
Emphasis mine, but does this imply that power foci normally add dice to any of the master's magical skill tests?
QUOTE (Enchanting @ P30, MitS)
Enchanting(Willpower)
This Active Magical Skill is used by awakened characters to create magical goods (see Enchanting, p39). Only characters with a magic attribute of 1 or greater can have this skill. The background knowledge skill for Enchanting is Talismongering. Note that power foci do not add dice to the use of this skill.
Emphasis mine, but noteing that power foci do not add dice implies that it is an exception, but could that be talking about talismongering from the scentence just before it and power-foci do in-fact help enchanting?
Another interesting note is that power sites and ally spirits both add dice in a similar mnanner to a power focus, Would you allow either of them to add dice to Enchanting?
QUOTE (Power Foci @ P190, SR3)
You may also use a power focus's Force dice for Sorcery, Conjuring, or Drain Resistance Tests.
This does not mention Aura reading, the other active magical skill available in the main book, implying that power foci do not affect all magical skills.

So, from this: What tests would you let Power Focus, Power site, or Ally Aid Power dice apply to?
Assensing? (the Int test)
Aura Reading?
Centering?
Conjuring?
Divining?
Enchanting?
Sorcery?

(OK, putting Conjuring and Sorcery there is a bit anal but I thought I'd give a full skill list.)

[edit]Extended Enchanting quote[/edit]

This post has been edited by Lilt: Feb 11 2004, 11:28 AM
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- Lilt   Power Foci and Aura reading and Centering   Feb 10 2004, 07:19 PM
- - mfb   it wouldn't add to assensing, as that's no...   Feb 11 2004, 01:21 AM
- - Lilt   Wow: At-last someone with a barge pole and the wil...   Feb 11 2004, 11:25 AM
- - mfb   i'd say it's talking about Enchanting. aft...   Feb 11 2004, 11:57 AM
- - snowRaven   Yeah, I'd say the quote is talking about Encha...   Feb 11 2004, 01:05 PM
- - mfb   aura reading is a magical skill, though. there...   Feb 11 2004, 02:28 PM
- - spotlite   QUOTE (mfb) (an astral-only combat focus would be ...   Feb 11 2004, 04:57 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (spotlite)Mmm... bondable astral constructs....   Feb 11 2004, 05:13 PM
- - Lilt   Would you allow an ally spirit's Aid Power dic...   Feb 11 2004, 07:22 PM
- - GoldenAri   In my group we've always allowed Aid power to ...   Feb 11 2004, 07:45 PM

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