therampantgamer

Re: Miracles vs Magic: The Faith Reserve I would definitely consider something along the lines of recoverable charges instead of the END reserve. Make the recovery contingent upon acts of faith. That would allow truly miraculous things to occur without having an impossibly high END cost - it is powered by the deity in question, after all - as well as, in most cases, reducing the cost of the power rather than adding an increased END cost.

Re: "Old school" lightning bolts It's been a while since AD&D - should the primary attack also be no range? Or were you allowed to pick a "starting point" from which your lightning leapt?

Re: Thinking outside the box: Special Effects and odd powers I think if you enforce too much in the way of those mechanical descriptions, you remove the potential for the use of limitations and advantages. Blast may be bought with "No Range" and now it's deviated from your description with but a single modification, for example. That said, I'm definitely of the school of "buy the powers you intend to use all the time" rather than "you didn't pay points for that, so you can't ever do it."