feywulf

Re: Images or Shapeshift? I would say that Images with self only -1/2 would be best.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Changing The Phase Of The Moon And i did state that dramtic purposes is one possible reason for it. However, while the moon appearing through parting clouds is dramatic, so is the full moon suddenly coming out of a lunar eclipse, when it was supposed to be on the other side of the earth in the new phase of the moon. snow storm may have other benefits as well, limiting mobility of the attackers, while werewolves may be able to handle the snow better. I wouldn't think that CE:gravity assumes a purely scientific explanation. The supernatural effect could still be there in why/how werewolves respond to the combination of a certain gravity field and a certain kind of light. You could call it CE:"tidal gravity field that a full moon produces" if that makes you feel better.

Re: Re: Re: Changing The Phase Of The Moon I didn't think you were asking how to cause or dispel a snowstorm, i was just addressing a hypothetical situation, which might be irrelevant, but it seemed relevant to me. You might have noticed that i did address how to change the phase of the moon in the second paragraph of my first post in this thread. Bartman appearently didn't. Then why bother with dispelling or turning off the snow storm? If its not the light of the full moon then leave the storm clouds in place or let it fade normally once the attack begins, the werewolves will get the benefits anyways. Since they are aware that an attack is coming and thus have time to prepare what must be a huge spell, why not prepare the spell but wait to set it off until the attack comes(or at some point after the battle gets underway)? A full moon mystically materializing in the sky might look weird and be less dramatic than it shining down through parting clouds, but it could appear as if coming out of a lunar eclipse. Unless the snowstorm has some other benefits for fighting a defensive battle, using it to hide a moon summoning that doesn't need to be hidden(except for dramatic purposes), it puts extra strain on the anathema's spellcasters for no reason. This sentence from your initial post indicates that the light of the full moon matters, although the tidal effects may matter also. "Once the vamp attack is fully engaged and the vamps are getting the impression they are routing the opposition the storm will stop, the clouds will part, and the moon will be... full." The highlighted text implies that the effects of the full moon won't be present until the clouds part.

Using images does depend on the assumption that the light of the full moon is the cause of the effect, which is why both Oruncrest and i asked what it was about the full moon that affects werewolves. If it is the tidal forces, then CE:gravity field would work, though you may want to add images:"full moon in the night sky" for story or laws of magic purposes.

Re: Changing The Phase Of The Moon If the snow storm only hides the moon, but the attacking vampire's have access to a lunar calendar, they can still tell what the phase of the moon is at any time, unless it is actually changed. If the attacking vampire's are stupid enough to attack when the moon is actually full, but can't be seen because of the weather, then they deserve what is coming to them. In this situation, it would just be a CE:heavy snow storm and either a dispel or CE:clear sky. A snow storm doesn't affect the phase of the moon. It would block most of the light being reflected by the full moon(some UV radiation might pass through the clouds). In your game, what aspect of the full moon affects werewolves, the full moon light, or the tidal effects, or both? If it is tidal effects then the snow storm has no effect on the werewolves, and a localized CE:gravity field could create the tidal influence the werewolves need. If it is full moon light, then the vampire's could cast a spell summoning an illusion of the moon in its full phase position that can actually reflect sunlight back down thus being a full moon(but without mass and thus not causing tidal waves)and then dispel or turn off the CE:snow storm, or they could use the full moon light technique that Vegita used the first time he fought Goku which was invented by Goku's dad.

Side effect, gradual transformation into reptilian being. They shouldn't have to spend points for the early benefits, but they won't get any back for the later disadvantages. You could write up a chart of package deals that list the abbilities throughout the progression from normal to lizard, and the corresponding ammount of transform body that determines which package deal is in effect.

Since method 1 uses a universal focus, i think it doesn't need usable by others.

One way you could do scrolls is to build them as independent oaf slots for a multipower that a mage buys without independent or oaf. A Mage buys a "talent" for casting magic as an MP, and maybe has a few spells for it as well. Then the mage collects spell scrolls to diversify his spell library. Really powerful spells on a scroll could be a problem, though you could fudge it buy buying part of the spell as an MP slot, and the rest payed for normally. A strong spell may have the bottom 20-60 active points bought in a slot, and any mage with a large enough MP to cover that portion of the spell's cost can attempt to cast it. The remainder of the spell's active point cost should be heavily limited, as any powerful spell should be, but doesn't get the cost savings of being in a multipower slot. Since such spell scrolls will be independent equipment in a heroic campaign, the cost doesn't really matter, except as a guide for game balance.

I've used costs END only to activate before. It is how i did "stable" shapeshifting in 4th ed. I bought 0 END persistent, and then got a lim costs to activate, though now in 5th you'd just use the advantage +1/4 only to activate. If your mages use MP or VPP slots, then the problem of permanently turned on only to activate end spells will be less frequent. At some point they will have to turn it off to cast something else.

One possible solution would be 1d6-2 1d6-2min1 1 1 1 2 3 4 12/6 = 2 Or 2/3d6 2/3d6 1 = 1-0 2 = 2-0 2 = 3-1 3 = 4-1 3 = 5-2 4 = 6-2 15/6 = 2.5

Clerical magic or divine magic is one of the tricky subjects in fantasy settings. How to handle it depends on what a deity is in a particular world. In some stories, and in computer games such as Populous, a deity's power grows the more followers they have. Presumably each worshipper donates some of their spiritual energy to their deity through worship. Normally one wouldn't bother to write up stats for this abbility, but i think that this abbility might be related to how clerical magic would work in such a world, so i wrote it up. pts worshipper --- --------- 1 10 END for deity's divine energy END reserve ranged +1/2, transdimensional +1/4, usable by other +1/4 only usable by deity -1/2, only when praying -2 1b 2a 0.5714r 1 1 Rec for deity's divine energy END reserve ranged +1/2, transdimensional +1/4, usable by other +1/4 costs end -1/2, only usable by deity -1/2, only when praying -2 1b 2a 0.5r 1 ks:theology/mythology of the faith 8- 2 3pts spend on deity's vpp or mp ranged +1/2, transdimensional +1/4, usable by other +1/4 only usable by deity -1/2, only when praying -2 3b 6a 2r 5 total The 5 point cost could be offset by a psychlim disadvantage regarding obedience to the tenets of the faith. People of stronger faith could by a larger worshipper package with a correspondingly large disadvantage. The transdimensional UBO connection would be formed What does this have to do with clerics? All clerics are worshippers, so all clerics would have this package(most likely the largest most devout variant of the package). But a cleric would by off the limitation "only usable by deity", and probably spend more points on the divine power framework than what the disadvantage gives back. If the deity's powers are built in a multipower instead of a vpp, then the cleric would need to buy spells in mp slots also. I'm not sure if the only while praying lim should be on the END of the endurance reserve. In order for UBO to work, line of site must be maintained, so persistent might be needed as well, but line of telepathic sight should work, and if a deity were to have a massive constantly maintained mindlink to all of his or her followers in order to hear their prayers... Does this package need anything else to work? Does it have more than it needs?

There is one other benefit that can be had by putting limitations on powers in an MP, but only if every power in the MP has those limitations(exception for the charges limitation). In that case you can take the limitations on the price of the MP pool itself as well as on the powers bought in the MP slots.

Re: Re: Healing & Regeneration Reset time? What exactly does this reset time advantage do? Your write up looks very similar to the regeneration option for healing, but with unecessary add ons.

healing spell: heal body 2d6 concentration 0 dcv -1/2, extratime:1 turn -1 1/4, gestures & incantations -1/2, rsr -1/2 20base 20active 5real healing potion: heal body 2d6 oaf: potion fragile expendable -1 1/2, independent -2, 1 charge -2, charges don't recover -2 20base 20active 2real skill to make healing potions: heal body 2d6 trigger(drink potion) +1/4 oaf: potion fragile expendable -1 1/2, concentration 0 dcv -1/2, extratime:1 hour -2 1/2, gestures & incantations -1/2, rsr -1/2 20base 25active 4real Considering the differences in the limitations and advantages used in these examples, you could with GM permission define the abbility to make scrolls of any known spell like so; naked trigger(read scroll) +1/4 oaf: scroll fragile expendable -1 1/2, concentration 0 dcv -1/2, extratime:1 hour -2 1/2, gestures & incantations -1/2, rsr -1/2 X base X*0.25 active X*0.25/6.5 = X*1/26 real To have this abbility work with a spell of up to 60 base points would require 15 active points of trigger for approximatly 2.308 real points. Thats very inexpensive, perhaps too inexpensive, though the time to create and the costs for the materials to create the focus do limit it. UBO might be the better way to go, but the focus limitation already allows the power to be used by others, so UBO is not the way i would do it.

Unless the scroll only detects one particular alignment, you would want to add discriminatory.