Re: (TFT) Priests again

[Ed Thorn <prophesor@yahoo.com>]

--- Robert M Morger <rmorger@ev1.net> wrote:
> I've never liked the way TFT handled priest's and
> magic and I think I have
> figured a way to solve it to some extent but would
> like some feedback from the
> group.
> 
> Anyway this is what I was thinking
> Priest's would be allowed to learn talents as per
> the basic list and as long
> as a spell is 3 IQ levels lower than the Priest's IQ
> would be able to learn
> those spells at the same cost as a
> Wizard(pre-requisite being Priest). Spells
> that are not 3 IQ levels lower than the Priest's IQ
> could still be learned but
> at a cost of 3 to learn with the standard rules that
> the PC can't learn any
> spells greater than his IQ.
> A priest would only be allowed to learn half as many
> spells as his base IQ(or
> half of his ADJ IQ, knowledge, if the optional rule
> is being used.
> 
> Any thoughts on how this would effect game play and
> mechanics?

"If it works for you."

It directly contradicts the justification given for
the Wizard/Hero split, that of mindset and focused
studies.  This might be justifiable based on faith,
but:

I would first insist on building all religions myself,
or carefully auditing each.  ("The priests of
Pamelalee are sneaky... and good with bows... and they
have lots of sex!")

I would then limit such 'empowered priests' to only
those Spells and Talents that were on the 'approved'
list for the religion.

I would further rule that either divine wroth or
priest self-doubt cause loss or diminishment of
spell-like powers in priests who stray from their
faith.  (This serves to instantly balance the points
if I as GM become disillusioned with this experiment.)
 I might consider a -1 DX for casting per point of
imbalance, rather than just removing spells until the
points balance.

I would also rule that such priests are in _no_ way
Wizards, and do not recieve the wizardly perks of
reading scrolls, using certain items, etc.  They also
would have no problem with iron, but perhaps would
with materials deemed unclean or unholy by their
faith.

I think that's about all.  :)


Locally, we've had 'priests' who had to surf the line
between Wizard and Hero.  That is, they had to have
Spell and Talent lists that balanced pointwise
regardless of whether they were costed out for a
Wizard (doubled Talent cost for most Talents) or for a
Hero (Triple Spell cost).  But that's entirely too
crunchy for my tastes today.

I also once ran a Druid that bought his spells at 2
slots per, so long as they were 'Druidy'.  I remember
an epic debate over the Druidyness of Fire.  :)

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