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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
Mr. Death:
From the discussion in another thread...
Minor Magic [-0]: You are either a budding apprentice, a late bloomer, or otherwise have a very minor talent for magic. While not capable of true Evocation or Thaumaturgy, you can tag your high concept once per scene without spending a fate point, to perform very minor magical feats. You must have an aspect related to your magical talent, such as I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO THAT or BUDDING PYROMANCER, and may be subject to compels when your magical talent gets out of your control. With time, effort, and/or instruction, you may be able to upgrade to Channeling, Rituals, Evocation, or Thaumaturgy (spending the appropriate refresh). If so whichever full spell casting power you take replaces this power.
Sanctaphrax:
No offence, Mr Death, but that's a badly written power. Here's why:
1. Tagging your High Concept for free once per scene is worth something. It's not fair to make it free.
2. The note about purchasing real spellcasting is totally unnecessary. You don't need a power to buy Channelling.
3. The Aspect requirement is pointless. It's not like you can buy this without an appropriate High Concept anyway.
Even if you ignore my opposition to the idea behind this, this is bad.
Mr. Death:
The note about upgrading wasn't that you needed this to buy channeling first, just a note that if you get channeling or another spellcasting power, it would replace this just like Evocation replaces Channeling.
As for the others, feel free to boost the refresh cost and remove the aspect requirement, then.
Sanctaphrax:
Aight, I'll try to hack this into something workable later.
computerking:
How about another Self-sponsored magic?
SUPERIOR DIVINATION [-2]
Description: A master wizard can refine his skills in a particular area so fully that his abilities are qualitatively different from those of a normal mage. While normal specialization simply makes one faster and stronger and more effective, this level of focus provides entirely new capabilities. Martha Liberty, the reputed Spymaster of the High Council, is so practiced at Divination that Scrying a needle in a haystack is no harder than finding Waldo for her.
Musts: You must have both Evocation and Thaumaturgy with at least some specialization in Divination in order to take this power.
Sponsor: This magic is self-sponsored.
Agenda: As self-sponsored magic, this power lacks an agenda.
Evocation: Superior Divination does not provide any form of Evocation.
Thaumaturgy: Superior Divination does not provide any form of Thaumaturgy.
Evothaum: Superior Divination allows its user to cast Divination rituals with the speed and methods of Evocation.
Extra Benefits: You may use Divination to create a Scrying window that counts as line of sight for casting Evocation or Evothaum Spells, up to and including spells with a Shift rating equal to half of the Scrying window’s shifts of power (Not including Duration), Rounded up.
Note: Because this power requires Evocation and Thaumaturgy, it grants no focus slots and does not have its cost reduced when the user already has spellcasting powers.
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