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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
Oblyss:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on February 09, 2013, 11:35:21 PM ---You mean the Refresh rebate for having other casting Powers?
It should still be there. I just didn't bother to mention it because I kinda take it for granted. Maybe not wise on my part, I dunno.
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No that's fine, I was just making sure. You'll have to forgive me, I only started playing like a month ago and this is more or less my first real tabletop game I've gotten seriously into.
Edit: Also I was freaking out a bit cause I'm already struggling to pay off the -2 cost hah.
Lavecki121:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on February 09, 2013, 10:02:57 PM ---Clearly there's something wrong with the wording if it causes this much confusion.
How does this plan for making it clearer sound?
-Make Item Limitation into a separate Power that requires (and modifies) Limitation. Then split it up into multiple trappings, to make it easier to understand.
-Split the clarifying text from Limitation into a separate trapping so that it doesn't interfere with comprehension of the main effect.
-Rewrite the entries of the rebate value list so that just reading them provides a decent summary of the Power.
-Add examples.
My theory is that people are just getting overwhelmed by the text-block. They see a big chunk of text and their eyes glaze over a bit. They then glance over it quickly instead of reading closely, leading to confusion.
These changes are intended to make the amount of text less overwhelming and to make it easier to understand the Power without reading it carefully.
So, do you think that'll work?
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This could work. I would still have to see it though
ways and means:
Here is the changes I would make to Unlimited Blade Works which would include the powers sponsor (Alya) and agenda from the visual novel.
Reality Marble (Unlimited Blade Works) [-4]
Description: With the help of a powerful force you can project your soul upon the world.
Sponsor: Alya /Gaia/ the World Spirit
Agenda: This power is sponsored by the World Spirit in exchange for an Eternity as a spiritual guard dog after death. It's agenda is the protection of the world as a whole no matter the cost on an individual level.
Oblyss:
--- Quote from: ways and means on February 10, 2013, 10:23:47 PM ---Here is the changes I would make to Unlimited Blade Works which would include the powers sponsor (Alya) and agenda from the visual novel.
Reality Marble (Unlimited Blade Works) [-4]
Description: With the help of a powerful force you can project your soul upon the world.
Sponsor: Alya /Gaia/ the World Spirit
Agenda: This power is sponsored by the World Spirit in exchange for an Eternity as a spiritual guard dog after death. It's agenda is the protection of the world as a whole no matter the cost on an individual level.
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Oh, huh. I wasn't aware of that. Is that the kind of thing you actively agree to or just get wrapped up in because you used the power? Also the guard dog bit, is that reference to becoming part of the Counter Force?
Edit: Seems so, though it also doesn't look like the UBW is specifically the cause of it? Since the plot involved wanting to kill the Unlimited Blade Works user before he made a pact with Alya, but he still used the power at that point?
Crion:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on February 09, 2013, 11:12:57 PM ---Okay, here's Reality Marble 2.
REALITY MARBLE [-1]
Description: You can travel to a magical sub-universe of your own creation and drag other people with you.
Note: Many characters are more powerful inside their Reality Marble than they are outside of it. Such characters should attach an appropriate version of the Limitation Power to whatever Powers they have while inside the Marble.
Skills affected: Conviction, others.
Effects:
Personal Universe. You have a personal universe called a Reality Marble. Design it when you take this Power. You may give it an Aspect of your choice, and as long as it has at least one zone you may give it any number of zones you want and arrange them as you please. You must designate one zone as the "entry zone" which characters arrive in when you use this Power. Your Reality Marble cannot be inhabited, and its design cannot include anything that gives you a significant advantage.
Reality Marble. As an action, you may spend a Fate Point to enter your Reality Marble. If you wish to bring other people with you, you may roll your Conviction skill. Then every other character in your zone is forced to enter your Reality Marble with you unless they beat your roll with a defense roll using Conviction or Athletics. People drawn into the Marble remain there until you decide to send everyone back or lose consciousness. You can't send people back one by one; it's all or nothing. And you can't keep people longer than the time indicated by adding your Conviction roll to "half a minute" on the time chart.
Different Rules [-varies]. Your Reality Marble has a special rule. Negotiate the effects and costs of this upgrade with your GM. You can only purchase this upgrade once. Here are some examples of possible special rules, with appropriate costs:
[-1] Peaceful World. Inside your Marble, all attempts at physical violence face a block with strength equal to your Conviction. In addition, all characters in your Marble have armour 4 against all physical attacks.
[-1] Random Entry. Instead of entering the Marble through the entry zone, characters are randomly scattered among the zones of the Marble. If the Marble is large enough, this may prevent them from seeing each other when they enter.
[-1] Clinging Marsh. The soft and sticky ground of the Marble imposes a border value of 1 on every zone.
[-1] Heavy Gravity. Might restricts all physical skills inside the Marble.
[-2] Anti-Technology Field. Anything rated 8 or lower on the hexing table fails to function inside the Marble.
[-2] Killing Heat. Everyone faces an accuracy 6 weapon 2 attack against their Endurance each exchange from the extreme heat of the Marble.
[-2] King Of The Hill. You enter your Marble in a different zone than everyone else. A zone border equal to your Conviction blocks entry to your zone, and its fortifications add 3 to whatever armour value its occupants have against attacks coming from outside of it.
[-3] Ocean Depths. The entire Marble is underwater.
PS: Not totally confident in the balance of those rules. Most of the costs are guesses.
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Just a random thought (and I'm late to the game here), but wouldn't the baseline of Reality Marble be at a -2 instead of a -1? I figured the -1 for Demesne, with another -1 for an "attack" for force everyone into it. I only ask this since we've seen a few Reality Marbles in the series (I can name two, three if you count the Gate of Babylon), and they all seem to work the same way: bring someone into a world of your design (i.e. Demesne) and have the Home Turf advantage.
As for the powers of the Marble, I'm personally at a tossup between buying them as set powers like you have posted, have a collection of Scene Aspects (theoretically an unlimited number since the Demesne allows you to create Aspects), or even some combination thereof. I'm not too keen on some of the costs, or even a better balancing act. Perhaps we should try to scale some of the Reality Marbles of a few of the characters we have seen and determine it as we go?
Although it could work rather well as a form of Sponsored Magic (discussion on that below).
--- Quote from: ways and means on February 10, 2013, 10:23:47 PM ---Here is the changes I would make to Unlimited Blade Works which would include the powers sponsor (Alya) and agenda from the visual novel.
Reality Marble (Unlimited Blade Works) [-4]
Description: With the help of a powerful force you can project your soul upon the world.
Sponsor: Alya /Gaia/ the World Spirit
Agenda: This power is sponsored by the World Spirit in exchange for an Eternity as a spiritual guard dog after death. It's agenda is the protection of the world as a whole no matter the cost on an individual level.
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Unless I'm mistaken, Emiya become a Servant because of the deal, so I don't think the Reality Marble existed because of said deal.
That being said, perhaps the Reality Marble as Sponsored Magic (mixed with a Demesne) is the way to go. Emiya can create objects nearly instantly and Alexander can summon his soldiers outside of the Marble; both can be seen as Thaumaturgy at the Speed of Evocation.
I'm thinking if you apply a few limits as to the "sponsor" (if there isn't one, but you can argue that it is a higher being, the Magus offering the Mana, or even personal) and the general effect (weaponry, soldiers, etc). I'm thinking closer to the realm of Thematic Thaumaturgy here.
Trapping someone within the Marble can be tough depending on how you do it. Perhaps it is Thaumaturgy that requires a "Taken Out" result? A bit too tough to pull off, and makes the effect one of telling how someone is taken out (which doesn't help with the uses we've seen in the Fate series).
Perhaps creating a Zone Border or Block that is difficult, but still possible, to escape from?
Using a maneuver-like, Zone-Wide attack to bring everyone into the Demesne?
Simply using a maneuver to create a "Reality Marble" effect that can be tagged to use your magic to the full extent?
Just a few thoughts; will offer more up later if able.
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