[Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick

[Phil Dack]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Dominick Riesland <rabbitball at gmail.com>
> To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 5:02:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick
> 
> The control cost of a ward as listed is 8 + the caster's adds in the
> arcane knowledge. However, this rewards people with higher Perception
> scores, as the spell summary only lists the adds. This to me is a
> violation of the Primary Rule, and so in spell rewrites, I set the
> control cost as being equal to the skill value that the ward can use,
> and a spell designer may put in up to the total of his divination +
> adds in the knowledge.
Is it 8+ adds in AK, or is 8+ Divination Modifier of the ward, which can be upto the adds in AK? And is it 8 plus the MoO cost of controlling the Ward aspect (this is how my sheet calculates it, which is why I called the cost 10, but the 8 might be inclusive of that MoO cost)
I disagree with your rewrite, because there's a difference imho between affinity and technical knowledge. High perception might be able to create what is, ultimately, a better spell, but the higher AK allows more technical detail - such as enhanced Divination Modifier - into the structure of the tool. 
> There is no process theorem of apportation. It's a throwback to
> Pre-Aysle spell design. However, since Worldbook spells do this as
> well, I allowed for spells to use magic skills other than the pattern
> skill as process theorems if they show significant affinity for the
> alternate skill. In this case, the spell shows great affinity for
> apportation, and hence that skill could be used as a process theorem.
> I would also allow, in light of the increased complexity of impressing
> the spell into an object, for range and speed to be usable as process
> theorems, which would more than handle the increase.
Simpler just to apply Range and Speed, which are the two process theorems relating to Apportation, and drop the Apportation bit, but your call.
Phil


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