 Making the most out of Invoking/Binding, How to handle the drain? |
 Jun 7 2010, 06:43 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 644 Joined: 8-January 10 Member No.: 18,018  |
With my current character, a Mage with a Magic attribute of 8 and Summoning/Binding 5, binding spirits with invoke has been a bit of a gamble. While I've bound a F6 Air Spirit in Great Form, any subsequent attempts have usually ended with me eating 16+ points of drain, which, needless to say, renders the whole ability kinda useless.
So, how can I make this more reliable? I've got no Foci thus far, but my lifestyle incorporates an aspected domain. Summoning/Binding are also unspecced; the spirits available to me are Guardian/Air/Man/Guidance/Task, and the tradition is Materialisation based, with Wil+Cha as Drain attributes. What specialization do you guys recommend? |
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Jun 8 2010, 07:51 AM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 5,705 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
Just use Edge. 16 DV Drain should be no problem to survive (no need to resist it completely, as you do not do Binding in the midst of a firefight, anyways).
Or do it the broken way and get a Pain Editor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Bye Thanee |
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Jun 9 2010, 02:50 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 13,132 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Thanee @ Jun 8 2010, 01:51 AM)  Just use Edge. 16 DV Drain should be no problem to survive (no need to resist it completely, as you do not do Binding in the midst of a firefight, anyways). Or do it the broken way and get a Pain Editor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Bye Thanee Of Course, a Pain Editor will not work if the Force of the Spirit is greater than the Magic Rating of the Summoner... Keep the Faith -------------------- Keep the Faith...
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. - James. D. Nicoll |
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Jun 9 2010, 03:52 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,854 Joined: 3-December 03 Member No.: 5,872 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jun 8 2010, 10:50 PM) Of Course, a Pain Editor will not work if the Force of the Spirit is greater than the Magic Rating of the Summoner... Keep the Faith since he has a magic 8 i farkin hope he aint summoning great form versions higher than his magic.. -------------------- This is what happens when you fork a stranger in the alps.
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Jun 10 2010, 12:37 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 13,132 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jun 8 2010, 08:52 PM) since he has a magic 8 i farkin hope he aint summoning great form versions higher than his magic.. Yeah, I would hope, but this IS Dumpshock, and there are more than a few references, here in the forums, to Force 10+ Spirits beiung summoned... Keep the Faith -------------------- Keep the Faith...
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. - James. D. Nicoll |
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Elfenlied Making the most out of Invoking/Binding Jun 7 2010, 06:43 AM
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