 Stacked Foci, It costs what now? |
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 Oct 17 2008, 03:10 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,745 Joined: 30-November 07 From: St. Louis Streets Member No.: 14,433  |
Reading the SM section on Stacked Foci (SM page 84).
I'm having a bit o' trouble figuring out how it works. Say you're stacking a force 4 counterspelling focus with a force 6 sustaining focus. 1) The effective Force is 10. Does this mean that you're now wielding a focus that can counterspell OR sustain at force 10? 2) The cost to bind a stacked focus is equal to the sum of the cost to bind the different focus types at the given Force. Does this mean you have to pay 24 karma (force 4 cs + force 6 sust) or does it mean you have to pay 50 karma (force 10 cs + force 10 sust)? |
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Oct 17 2008, 03:31 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
QUOTE 1) The effective Force is 10. Does this mean that you're now wielding a focus that can counterspell OR sustain at force 10? No. But for all tests that target the Force of the stacked focus, like walking it through a ward, the effective Force is 10. QUOTE 2) The cost to bind a stacked focus is equal to the sum of the cost to bind the different focus types at the given Force. Does this mean you have to pay 24 karma (force 4 cs + force 6 sust) or does it mean you have to pay 50 karma (force 10 cs + force 10 sust)? 24 |
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Oct 27 2008, 04:39 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Don't forget the astral signature left behind by the focus lasts for force hours, which in this case is 10.
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Jan 20 2009, 09:26 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 21-November 07 From: Small Town near Munich (Bavaria) Member No.: 14,303 |
To create a stacked foci do you nead a formula for the combined force of the stacked foci (in the example above 10)?
And do the stacked foci (with force 10 from the above example) count as 1 foci regarding the maximum foci you can bind or as 2 foci? Best wishes, Meschler |
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