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Evocations and Enviromental Power-Ups
Madmacabre:
Mmmm...
So the only effect you can get out of the environment is in the form of an aspect that you can tag?
If I recall correctly, in Storm Front the evil sorcerer made a BIG deal to gather the energy of the Storm. Would he spent all that time and energy for only a +2? It was quite a significant plot device.
Just wondering if the Storm, followed by an appropriate declaration, could not be considered as "Using Help", absorbing backlash, which is the equivalent as draining the energy of the storm into the spell (or make it wilder and out of control). Or the Storm could actually be "sacrificed" and suffer consequences!
PS: This is an amazing system/setting...I can't wait to try it with friends
Belmonte:
For one thing, he probably did multiple declarations for multiple assessments. I think this is in the book though.
'By channeling lightning into the matrix, I strengthen the magic!' +2 for the Thaumaturgy shifts.
'By transmuting the thunderous energy into heat, I burn the sigils into the earth...' +2 for the Thaumaturgy shfits.
But yeah, I'm pretty sure (don't have the book on me) there's an example in the books.
iago:
Yep. The Darkhallow was a HUGE pile of aspects that Cowl was able to tap into, and probably had a bit of Sponsor influence going on in it as well. It was a BIG DEAL.
JosephKell:
You can tag multiple aspects.
He spooned (and I don't mean cuddled) a rabbit for +2.
He tagged the storm. (+2)
He created and tagged a dark mood aspect. (+2)
His Lawbreaker gave him another +2. (but that is just because he is killing)
Not to mention that I think each scene you devote to the ritual spell is another shift?
He did all that to make sure that he could reach Dresden even behind a threshold/ward from far away (and because his Discipline is only Fair).
According to the book this is a 32 complexity spell. Wow, reading what he did makes this spell ridiculous. He took an extreme consequence?! Taking more than a mild consequence seems a bit of a stretch (since higher ones take so long to recover from).
iago:
--- Quote from: JosephKell on April 09, 2010, 09:00:29 PM ---According to the book this is a 32 complexity spell. Wow, reading what he did makes this spell ridiculous. He took an extreme consequence?! Taking more than a mild consequence seems a bit of a stretch (since higher ones take so long to recover from).
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Vengeance and crushing grief over the loss of a loved one makes you do funny things ... like not care who you are when or if you come out the other side of it all. (And extreme consequences and lawbreaking change who you are.)
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