Re: (TFT) Revised Healing and Injury rules.

["John Gfoeller" <johng3110@hotmail.com>]

Wow !  Thank you, everyone, for all your well thought-out and passionate 
comments.

I'm not running a campaign now.  But, if I were, I would keep the spell.  
That's because I like TFT, but I don't like how very easy it is for 
characters to die.  My attitude on GMing is that games should be fun.  
Realism is nice, and I put some of that into my scenarios, but this is a 
fantasy game, and I emphasize fun in games.  So, I prefer stacking the odds 
somewhat in favor of keeping my players' characters alive so they can 
continue to play the game and have fun.

I would also keep most of the spell the same as what I proposed.

Keeping it at IQ 15 seems about right: it requires higher intelligence but 
it does not require genius level intelligence.  Thus, it useable by 
characters who are out campaigning, but it is "expensive" enough to not be 
immediately useful.  Cahracters would still need to learn to use their wits 
in order to survive and thrive, which is a big part of the scenarios I 
design.

I would also keep the prerequisites (the Aid and Repair spells).  They force 
a character to specialize somewhat in healing.  In other words, there would 
be a trade-off in having other ability in order to have healing ability.  
That adds a bit of realism while also maintaining the balance of the game.  
After all, TFT doesn't have character classes, and I like that.  However, I 
also like how TFT talents allow  the freedom of development while also 
requiring some investment in a specialization by characters in order to 
achieve a high level of skill.   Thus, the prerequistes to my spell are not 
quite amounting to a character class in healing, but they require more 
commitment from characters for magical healing ability than just spending an 
IQ point.  And, hopefully, game balance, fun and a bit of realism are 
preserved.

However, I think I would increase the ST cost for using the spell.  One of 
the posts really addressed that point well.  At 10 ST points, it would be 
too easy for a wizard character to rest up after healing someone.  That 
needs to be changed.  However, I would not want the spell to be too 
draining; I want it to be useable by player characters who are out 
campaigning.  So, I would increase the ST cost to 15 ST points per one point 
of damage that is healed.  That cost is low enough to be useable while on 
campaign, but it is expensive enough to not use lightly or routinely.  
(Otherwise, that ST battery would quickly wear out or the apprentices, if 
they went along on campaign, would get worn out.)

Thank you again, everybody !  Be well and good gaming !

--John



> From: "John Gfoeller" <johng3110@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: tft@brainiac.com
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Revised Healing and Injury rules.
> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:54:36 -0400
>
> I had thought about a healing spell that would heal 1 point of damage per 
> 10 points of ST invested.  I thought about requiring the Aid spell (IQ 9) 
> and Repair (IQ 12) spell as prerequisities, and making the Healing spell an 
> IQ 15 spell.  Comments?
>
> --John
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