Re: (TFT) Hundred strength elemental

[Thorn <edt@dopey.ne.mediaone.net>]

srydzews@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> thorn wrote:
> >> Michael Taylor wrote:
> >>
> >> So what IS the most fST a wizard could use a in one day?
> >
> >...the math says 4ST per hour.  Which means _any_ mage is able
> >to AID for that much, but ignores the (to me) logic of more
> >powerful mages being worth more...That's why my house rules
> >include a POwer stat, to fuel spells, and why that PO stat
> >recovers faster than 'f'ST.
> 
> So PO recovers faster than ST under your system?
> 
> If you don't use ST to power spells at all, meaning every
> spell-caster has a PO rating, why would a faster rate make
> any difference--as long as the rate is constant, you'd have
> the same situation, whether it's 4 points per hour or 10
> points per hour.
> 
> But if everyone uses ST and only accomplished wizards have
> PO then this would work out.

Any wizard _can_ buy PO.  But PO won't help keep you alive like ST will,
so it's academics and purists that will have a lot of it.  Martial
magicians have some, but try to strike a balance.

> 
> Another way would be to make the rate of recovery (of
> everything) proportional to the total--like in the
> chaosium systems where you recover your full complement
> of magic points over the course of 24 hours.  That way
> the more you have the faster you regain each point.
> 
> Another approach would be to introduce some talents
> for the advanced wizards:
> 
> Meditation: IQ13, requires 2 point of IQ to learn
> Allows the character to regain two extra fST per hour
> of rest.
> 
> Meditation II: IQ 16, requires 2 points of IQ to learn
> Allows the character to regain four extra fST per hour
> of rest.
> Prereq: meditation
> 
> (Or something along those lines.)  These would be some
> of the talents that wizards do not have to pay more than
> heroes to learn.

I like these.  I hadn't thought along these lines, and now I've got some
inertia behind PO.  I once intended specialist magicks that required
costs be paid out of PO, but these are still just notes.  Tiem keeps on
slippin, into the future...

> Just a couple of thoughts.  Personally, I don't mind
> things the way they are.

Didn't mind too much, myself, but when I went to paint that rainbow, I
didn't have any orange.  So, a bit of yellow, a bit of red...  :)
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