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Hick Jr:
I think it would use your control bonus for pretty much any magic that broke a Law. Which is probably too broad. Maybe I should actually define "Blackstaff" as a thematic thaumaturgy specialization.
vultur:
I'd make the Blackstaff Magic a [-2] that required you to already have Evocation and Thaumaturgy.
My take on Blackstaff Sponsored Magic...
Blackstaff Magic [-2]
Musts: Blackstaff Sponsored Magic requires you to already possess Evocation and Thaumaturgy, thus there is no cost rebate for already having these powers.
Sponsor: The Blackstaff, an item of immense power. This power is thought to be ultimately derived from Winter, but it remains distinct from Unseelie Magic.
Agenda: Death, destruction, corruption/transformation, decay, disruption.
Evocation: Blackstaff Magic aids with evocations that break the Laws of Magic, generally in destructive ways.
Thaumaturgy: Blackstaff Magic aids with thaumaturgy that breaks the Laws of Magic, generally in destructive ways.
Evothaum: Blackstaff Magic allows entropomancy and rituals intended to kill mortals to be cast as evothaum.
Extra Benefits: Blackstaff Magic adds a +1 control and power/complexity bonus to any magic intended to kill a mortal. Furthermore, you can take 1 physical stress to increase these bonuses to +2 for one spell.
The reasons I set it up this way:
(click to show/hide)-The very strong implication the Blackstaff is Mother Winter's walking stick, and Mother Winter's association with death, destruction, entropy
-Jim's suggesting that the Blackstaff is specifically for killing, perhaps more so than other Law-breaking (the WoJ about 'does the Blackstaff have any powers related to the dead', the response was 'other than making people dead? that's kind of the point')
-The Physical Stress bit is based on the 'tendrils' feeding on Eb after he did the big killing spell in Changes
EDIT: incomplete sentence, bolding, evothaum
Blk4ce:
(I like the +1 control, so I will stea incorporate it in my own also)
Nice touch with the stress. However, the sole focus on the killing implies that the blackstaff can only disobey the first law, so I still support a thematic lawbreaking/blackstaff magic.
--- Quote ---There's a (or many) blackstaff Iop's on this board ... somewhere.
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Since the search function failed to deliver, could you provide some examples please?
Taran:
--- Quote from: Blk4ce on April 14, 2014, 09:39:29 AM ---Since the search function failed to deliver, could you provide some examples please?
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The search is tricky...there may be more...
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,37129.msg1800186.html#msg1800186
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22594.msg973923.html#msg973923
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,38915.msg1913295.html#msg1913295
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,25799.msg1098295.html#msg1098295
Edit:
--- Quote ----The very strong implication the Blackstaff is Mother Winter's walking stick, and Mother Winter's association with death, destruction, entropy
-Jim's suggesting that the Blackstaff is specifically for killing, perhaps more so than other Law-breaking (the WoJ about 'does the Blackstaff have any powers related to the dead', the response was 'other than making people dead? that's kind of the point')
-The Physical Stress bit is based on the 'tendrils' feeding on Eb after he did the big killing spell in Changes
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Makes me think that the blackstaff only kills. That it doesn't give any advantage for any other Laws.
Locnil:
--- Quote from: Locnil on June 03, 2014, 11:33:05 AM ---Here's something I created for Belial666's game. Would appreciate a critique on this, if anyone's willing to give it. Also, inspiration was taken from several other homebrew powers I've seen around here.
[-5] Hunger Magic (Sponsored Magic)
This is the power that a White Court Vampire's Hunger allows him to access. It will subsume what talent the vampire might have had entirely into it's own essence.
Themes: Minds, Emotions, Life, Control. Hunger Magic deals with all these, and related spheres of influence, as befits its nature.
The Hunger Feeds On All: Reduce any Toughness power a target has by one step.
Power From A Demonic Pact: When casting a spell that is not a rote, the vampire takes a -1 penalty to control, power, and complexity, due to using his power in ways not previously agreed upon with his Hunger.
See below.
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reviously agreed upon with his Hunger.
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