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Sanctaphrax:
It basically negates a -1 penalty to hit, so I'd say it's balanced. Thing is, now that I'm looking at the rules for Incite Effect...you need Mass Effect to use Persistent Effect. Only zone attacks can be extended.
Taran:
That sucks. One of my characters gets a lot of use from it. Persistent attacks don't seem balanced to me anyways. Dot spells/attacks can mess up the action economy.
Blocks & maneuvers seem more balanced.
Smaug with OCD:
May I request an apprentice wizard who is on the run after the mysterious death of their master - the previous Blackstaff? As a result, he or she possesses the staff. It was an idea I had for a friend's campaign that fell through. I'm curious to see what you might do with it.
Sanctaphrax:
Seems tricky. Apprentices don't generally have any spare Refresh at all for stuff like the Blackstaff.
I guess I don't have to stick to the standard power levels, but I prefer to.
Maybe I'll make the apprentice Submerged, with a 2-Refresh Blackstaff or a 3-Refresh Blackstaff and some hole in their wizard package.
What rules did you have in mind for the staff?
Smaug with OCD:
That's generally what we do in my group. Apprentices tend to have Channeling/Ritual or both, rather than full Evocation and Thaumaturgy. The groups I've played with(a while back) started off submerged after the first time.
As for the Blackstaff, there's a write-up for it on pg. 332 of the Paranet Papers. Paraphrasing: It weighs in at [-4] refresh Item of Power, with the usual stuff you'd expect from that. It also means whenever you use the staff to cast a spell that violates the Laws, you're treated as if you've got the full +3 from Lawbreaker and don't have to take a level of it afterwards. It's also happy to help, and acts as a source of sponsored magic for... I think another -2? I'd have to double check to make sure I got all that right...
Good luck, I'm curious to see what you come up with.
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