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Amechra

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New magic system! Woo!
« on: February 12, 2011, 10:42:25 PM »
I felt the urge to do this, sorry.

Basically, it is Epic Spellcasting combined with Psionics in a way that doesn't actually cause death. How? Alright, you have a certain number of seeds known; each will cost some base amount of points, taken out of a small pool (maybe level+casting stat modifier) of points that will refresh often (say, 1 point each round you don't use a spell). You can use up to a certain amount of points, depending on your level.

-You have a certain number of 'known spells', which are limited to a number of points equal to 3/4 of your total level, but only cost 1/2 the normal amount of points, rounded up. So at 20th level, you can use use a 'known spell' of up to 15 points, and it would only cost you 8 points; you can only use known seeds in this casting.

-You can cast spells 'spontaneously', building them on the spot; in this case, they are limited to an amount of points equal to your level, and have no limits on what seeds they can use. However, they cost a lot more than a 'known spell', but if you need to pull off a nonstandard trick, they are the way to go.

-You can apply the different modifications from the epic spell rules, except Permanent is Days/Level.

So, does this seem at all feasible, if the wording of the different Epic Seeds is cleaned up, and no mitigation is allowed?
[spoiler]Fighter: "I can kill a guy in one turn."
Cleric: "I can kill a guy in half a turn."
Wizard: "I can kill a guy before my turn."
Bard: "I can get three idiots to kill guys for me."

On a strange note, would anyone be put out if we had a post about people or events we can spare a thought for, or if its within their creed, a prayer for? Just a random thought, but ... hells I wouldn't have known about either Archangels daughter or Saeomons niece if I didn't happen to be on these threads.
Sounds fine to me.
probably over on "Off-topic".
might want to put a little disclaimer in the first post.

This is the Min/Max board. We should be able to figure out a way to optimize the POWER OF PRAYER(TM) that doesn't involve "Pazuzu, Pazuzu, Pazuzu".
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Re: New magic system! Woo!
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2011, 04:23:23 AM »
Might want to look up Words of Power.
Its been done a few times before but the core problem was always too much complexity in building spells in combat when full customisation is possible.
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Re: New magic system! Woo!
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 06:44:17 PM »
Ah, yes, the Pathfinder

Oh well, need to think of something else; maybe a ritual system for the setting I'm working on...
[spoiler]Fighter: "I can kill a guy in one turn."
Cleric: "I can kill a guy in half a turn."
Wizard: "I can kill a guy before my turn."
Bard: "I can get three idiots to kill guys for me."

On a strange note, would anyone be put out if we had a post about people or events we can spare a thought for, or if its within their creed, a prayer for? Just a random thought, but ... hells I wouldn't have known about either Archangels daughter or Saeomons niece if I didn't happen to be on these threads.
Sounds fine to me.
probably over on "Off-topic".
might want to put a little disclaimer in the first post.

This is the Min/Max board. We should be able to figure out a way to optimize the POWER OF PRAYER(TM) that doesn't involve "Pazuzu, Pazuzu, Pazuzu".
[/spoiler]

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Re: New magic system! Woo!
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 08:11:55 PM »
The issue with custom spell systems is one of the following:

1. The system allows for level appropriate spells at normal DCs. Players who try can break the system and use mitigation techniques to have things level inappropriate. (Epic Spellcasting)
2. The system attempts to avoid the above by weakening the seeds. This causes the only spells worth a shit to require a ton of mitigation and not usable on the fly. (Words of Power)

Either way, you end up with a system that is time consuming with little reward.