Re: (TFT) How to make specializing in TFT work in other ways.

["John Paul Bakshoian" <hailmelee@hotmail.com>]

>From: Thorn >Subject: Re: (TFT) How to make specializing in TFT work in
other ways. >Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:13:47 -0500 > > > - The ability to
go into a trance state that lowers > > the maintenence cost of all spells
but also prevents > > you from moving or taking any action while doing
so. > >A new combat action for disengaged magi? > >Move 0 hexes, turn one
hex side (to track a moving summoning?), and >'Maintain a Spell' at -2 to
the ST cost. If attacked while Maintaining, >you are at +2 to be hit by
missles(spell or weapon) or thrown weapons >(but not spells), and +4 to
be hit in melee by adjacent figures. You >may not defend against an
attempted HTH attack; all such attacks will >automatically succeed.

I like this.  I wouldn't increase the ability to be hit, though, because
this is up to the shooter's abilities (unless Maintain Option acts like a
suction).  Perhaps +2 to physical attacks would be alright as the
Maintain Option probably has you ignoring most other actions.

 

> > - Perhaps specializations in logical spell groupings

> > (inanimate summonings, creature summonings, fire > > spells,
mentalist spells, etc.) that would confer a > > bonus to casting rather
than being a pre-requisite > > for learning that category of spells. >
>My suggested approach, 'colleges' (which I think is more DragonQuest
>than Gurps, but whatever...) is intended to ride over the existing
>methods, a mage may still study a single spell. But if he takes the
>Illusionist 'Major', he gets Illusion, Image, A version of Mage Sight
>versus Illusions, some more flexibility in the application of the
>spells, etc. > >It's part of my take on the seemingly-universal trend
toward more skill >points, which I hope is corrective and not merely
inflationary.  I'm in agreement that this should be an overlay approach. 
I like the idea of "colleges" via DragonQuest or Chivlary and Sorcery. 
Even in a campaign that plays "colleges", one does not have to be of a
college to learn his spells. Hail Melee-John Paul

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