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Earth magic responsible for weapons skill?
Sanctaphrax:
I'd allow a boot as weapon 1.
Power looks questionable to me. Evocation accuracy can very easily go to Legendary and beyond, so stressless evocation attacks are dangerous territory.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Power looks questionable to me. Evocation accuracy can very easily go to Legendary and beyond, so stressless evocation attacks are dangerous territory.
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It's almost identical to the "easy evocations" power you said was fine on an earlier thread. The only difference is that it's restricted to earth magic (which is why it's -1 instead on -2) and you can add the weapons value of a sword or whatever (which, since you can already make regular attacks with your weapon:whatever sword, I didn't think was a big deal).
Sanctaphrax:
I think being able to add the weapon rating of a sword is a big deal. +3 stress is 1.5 Refresh worth of stuff. And elements are broad enough that being limited to one usually isn't a major problem.
But hey, maybe I'm being overcautious.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---I think being able to add the weapon rating of a sword is a big deal. +3 stress is 1.5 Refresh worth of stuff.
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Yes, but it's +3 stress you can inflict anyway. You've already got the weapon; this just lets you use your spellcasting skills to wield it rather than your weapons skill.
--- Quote ---And elements are broad enough that being limited to one usually isn't a major problem.
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I can up the cost to -2 if you think that would work better. I was just going off the refresh cost difference between channeling and evocation.
Sanctaphrax:
--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on May 20, 2019, 03:01:28 AM ---Yes, but it's +3 stress you can inflict anyway. You've already got the weapon; this just lets you use your spellcasting skills to wield it rather than your weapons skill.
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Except you can't inflict that stress anyway, because you can't use that weapon with the attacks you're making.
--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on May 20, 2019, 03:01:28 AM ---I can up the cost to -2 if you think that would work better. I was just going off the refresh cost difference between channeling and evocation.
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Evocation's biggest benefit isn't so much the extra elements as it is the specializations.
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