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Mental Stress and Spellcasting

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Deadmanwalking:
You can tag aspects without paying for them, which is more or less supercharging on a rather grand scale, actually.

Of course, that builds up your debt...

KOFFEYKID:
Also dont forget that each subsequent spell you cant can be more powerful if your conviction or power rating is high enough. Your second mental stress slot can soak up 2 mentral stress, and your third can soak up 3, and so on. This will quickly go past your ability to use Rote Spells though, and you'll most likely start taking physical stress in order to channel the excess.

Deadmanwalking:

--- Quote from: KOFFEYKID on April 15, 2010, 05:55:07 AM ---Also dont forget that each subsequent spell you cant can be more powerful if your conviction or power rating is high enough. Your second mental stress slot can soak up 2 mentral stress, and your third can soak up 3, and so on. This will quickly go past your ability to use Rote Spells though, and you'll most likely start taking physical stress in order to channel the excess.

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Not...exactly. Stress rolls up, so after you take your first Mental Stress if you take one more it eats up your second stress box.

On the other hand, once you've taken stress there IS precious little reason to feel limited by your Conviction any more...so you can go all out at relatively little Mental Stress cost.

Wyrdrune:
so you end up taking a calculated risk by splattering that red court vampire with a 9 power lightning bolt (air evocation) taking 1 moderate mental consequence, 1 mental stress (conviction is +5). fizzled though with the control roll, getting 2 physical stress and 1 mild physical consequence from backlash, but still had enough luck to fry the red. (happened in yesterday's session.)

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