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=== Ritual Requirements / Nuisance Effects [B112] === | === Ritual Requirements / Nuisance Effects [B112] === | ||
| − | *No ritual required | + | *No ritual required, -0% (caster simply wishes the spell to take effect) |
| − | *-4 Stealth | + | *-4 Stealth, -5%; or No Stealth, -10% (caster must speak quite words or words of power) |
| − | *One Hand Free | + | *One Hand Free, -5%; or Two Hands Free, -10% (caster must gesture with hand(s)) |
| − | **Requires Wand | + | **Requires Wand, -5% (caster requires wand in addition to one or two hands free) |
| − | *Must be Standing and Not Held | + | *Must be Standing and Not Held, -5% (caster must be standing and feet free) |
=== Costs FP [B111] === | === Costs FP [B111] === | ||
We have a (soft) rule that magic costs FP to cast. | We have a (soft) rule that magic costs FP to cast. | ||
| − | *1 FP per casting | + | *1 FP per casting, -5% per 1 FP |
=== Magical Signature [B106] === | === Magical Signature [B106] === | ||
| − | *Normal Signature | + | *Normal Signature, +0% (all magical effects are obviously magical and easily observed) |
| − | *Low Signature | + | *Low Signature, +10% (no more easily identifiable than a champagne cork popping) |
| − | *No Signature | + | *No Signature, +20% (almost completely unnoticeable as in a blowgun dart; or undetectable by normal means but leaves a magical trace) |
== Other Common Enhancement & Limitations == | == Other Common Enhancement & Limitations == | ||
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'''Accessibility''' [B110] | '''Accessibility''' [B110] | ||
*Environmental Accessibility - can only be cast in certain environments | *Environmental Accessibility - can only be cast in certain environments | ||
| − | **Very Common | + | **Very Common, -5% (in the presence of air, on a planet, in a gravity field) |
| − | **Common | + | **Common, -10% - (in contact with dust, in the presence of microbes) |
| − | **Occasional | + | **Occasional, -20% - (in a city, in the wilderness, outdoors, touching the ground) |
| − | **Rare | + | **Rare, -40% - (in a storm, dense vegetation, desert, underground) |
| − | **Very Rare | + | **Very Rare, -80% - (in lava, quicksand, vacuum) |
Revision as of 20:55, 28 June 2017
Using advantages to create whatever magic effect desired has proven to be the favorite way to "do magic" in our campaigns.
Steps to Creating a Magical Power
- Imagine Power
- Select Advantage
- Add Enhancements & Limitations [B104, P107]
- Get approval from GM
Source of Power
Most powers have a source which can be effected in game positively or negatively. For example, if your power if magical in nature, it can be dispelled. On the other hand, a magical power may be amplified if in a powerful magic zone.
Power Modifiers [P25]
- Chi, -10% [P26] - emanates from own life force, meditate daily, requires 10-point disadvantage
- Divine, 10% [P26] - diety grants power, certain behavior is expected in return, requires 10-point disadvantage
- Magic, -10% [P27] - channels mana, varying level of mana zones, anti-magic powers can thwart powers
- Nature, -20% [P28] - channels vital energy of living things, civilization interferes
- Spirit, -25% [P28] - commanding fickle spirits, requires 5-point disadvantage
- ...and others
Ritual, Cost, and Signature
All magical abilities should consider 1) Ritual Required, 2) FP Cost, and 3) Magical Signature.
Ritual Requirements / Nuisance Effects [B112]
- No ritual required, -0% (caster simply wishes the spell to take effect)
- -4 Stealth, -5%; or No Stealth, -10% (caster must speak quite words or words of power)
- One Hand Free, -5%; or Two Hands Free, -10% (caster must gesture with hand(s))
- Requires Wand, -5% (caster requires wand in addition to one or two hands free)
- Must be Standing and Not Held, -5% (caster must be standing and feet free)
Costs FP [B111]
We have a (soft) rule that magic costs FP to cast.
- 1 FP per casting, -5% per 1 FP
Magical Signature [B106]
- Normal Signature, +0% (all magical effects are obviously magical and easily observed)
- Low Signature, +10% (no more easily identifiable than a champagne cork popping)
- No Signature, +20% (almost completely unnoticeable as in a blowgun dart; or undetectable by normal means but leaves a magical trace)
Other Common Enhancement & Limitations
Enhancements
Limitations
Accessibility [B110]
- Environmental Accessibility - can only be cast in certain environments
- Very Common, -5% (in the presence of air, on a planet, in a gravity field)
- Common, -10% - (in contact with dust, in the presence of microbes)
- Occasional, -20% - (in a city, in the wilderness, outdoors, touching the ground)
- Rare, -40% - (in a storm, dense vegetation, desert, underground)
- Very Rare, -80% - (in lava, quicksand, vacuum)
