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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
Sanctaphrax:
Um, yeah. I meant that you should suggest some way to boost them.
And yes, they should stand on their own merits. But they also shouldn't be super good when combined with spellcasting. Maybe I should make some level of Evocation a requirement, that'd make them less trap-like.
Tedronai:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on March 30, 2012, 02:26:37 AM ---Um, yeah. I meant that you should suggest some way to boost them.
And yes, they should stand on their own merits. But they also shouldn't be super good when combined with spellcasting. Maybe I should make some level of Evocation a requirement, that'd make them less trap-like.
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I can think of only two things that would seem fitting with these powers' current makeup that could be added to them to make them more balanced: more of what they already have, or bonus mild mental consequence slots.
I see no fitting justification as to why increasing one's mental resilience would be predicated upon having learned to cast spells of any type.
Sanctaphrax:
Making spellcasting a requirement would be kludge, but since the powers are only worthwhile in conjunction with spellcasting it might be the only option.
Not sure how to make this work without rendering normal mental defence stunts obsolete. Maybe remove the levels and make it one -2 power that gives 3 boxes.
Really, I could use more concrete input.
Tedronai:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on March 30, 2012, 07:51:51 PM ---the powers are only worthwhile in conjunction with spellcasting
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A self-fulfilling prophecy.
This power's content is being explicitly limited by it's perceived impact on spellcasting, and so has been watered down to a point where it is not useful for any other purpose. Since it's not useful for any other purpose, it might as well be flagged specifically for use with spellcasting. Given that it will be used for spellcasting, it cannot be made more potent than it is.
Sanctaphrax:
Pretty much, yeah.
The power of an extra mental stress box goes way up when you can use it to cast.
I guess I'll just add a note cautioning people not to take it without spellcasting.
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