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It should be more than that

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It should be less than that

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Total Members Voted: 41

[ATHATH]

Spoiler: New Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Dr. Doom
Affinity: Pm'd
Stats:
Spd: 1
End: 1
Pot: 6
All Others: 0

First action: crush some of my shards to put an extra point into Dex, then make three essences.

((Specifying stat to raise costs six shards. Five for a random one and four for POT.
Also, why do you want so much POT with all your characters? As battles show, physical stats matter more at first.))

I've edited my sheet.

[Elephant Parade]

Being able to dualcast would give you a huge advantage over everyone who couldn't.

[NAV]

Here is my proposed fix to multicasting. Instead of giving each successive spell in a turn another -1, we count the number of spells you're trying to cast then give that penalty to all spells.
Example:
1 spell? (CMP 5, POT 5)
2 spells? (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1), (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1)
3 spells? (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2)
Etc.
Instead of the current:
(CMP 5, POT 5), (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), Etc.

It makes sense because if you're casting multiple spells in a turn you have to rush each spell. This change would hopefully make multicasting balanced enough to reintroduce to normal combat. It would also interfere with essence production and stop people from adding "and make 2 essences" to the end of each turn, which is the opposite of a problem in my opinion.

[Sarrak]

Here is my proposed fix to multicasting. Instead of giving each successive spell in a turn another -1, we count the number of spells you're trying to cast then give that penalty to all spells.
Example:
1 spell? (CMP 5, POT 5)
2 spells? (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1), (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1)
3 spells? (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2)
Etc.
Instead of the current:
(CMP 5, POT 5), (CMP 5-1, POT 5-1), (CMP 5-2, POT 5-2), Etc.

It makes sense because if you're casting multiple spells in a turn you have to rush each spell. This change would hopefully make multicasting balanced enough to reintroduce to normal combat. It would also interfere with essence production and stop people from adding "and make 2 essences" to the end of each turn, which is the opposite of a problem in my opinion.

Great suggestion. I support this.

[fillipk]

((So I'm dead now? I didn't even get to mess with the wings.  Oh well, I think I'm going to drop out now.))

[thegamemaster1234]

--snip--

What's the current problem with multicasting? Is it that the first spell having no penalties is really that game-breaking? Sorry, but this just discourages multicasting and essence creation as a whole and would just slow the game down.

Also, no more essence roulette (all of them fail). And if someone never gets to cast the second spell, that player would still get a penalty just for trying, which doesn't feel fair IMHO.

[NAV]

The problem is that it is overpowered, so overpowered we aren't allowed to use it in combat. Yes it really is that game breaking, especially for higher leveled characters. Its the difference between trading a strong spell for two weaker ones, which is balanced, or adding a weaker spell to a strong spell with no drawbacks, which is very unbalanced.

Yes slowing down essence production and preventing essence roulette is a very good thing. Essences weren't nerfed nearly enough, ideally they should be removed from the game entirely and people can actually use rituals.

Yes they absolutely should get a penalty for trying to cast two spells in a turn, even if they never get to cast the second one. They are still dividing their concentration and rushing the first spell for the chance to cast a second.

[DreamerGhost]

((So I'm dead now? I didn't even get to mess with the wings.  Oh well, I think I'm going to drop out now.))

Actually, you were dragged to the main portal by Cuberac.

[Prismatic]

Pm'ed

Fonts are a thing on the new map.

What's this about fonts?

[fillipk]

((Oh so I'm not dead, okay then.))

See if I can patch my wounds up somehow, probably get some demonic assistance.  Then stay close to Cuberac, and make 2 secret affinity essences

[ATHATH]

--snip--

What's the current problem with multicasting? Is it that the first spell having no penalties is really that game-breaking? Sorry, but this just discourages multicasting and essence creation as a whole and would just slow the game down.

Also, no more essence roulette (all of them fail). And if someone never gets to cast the second spell, that player would still get a penalty just for trying, which doesn't feel fair IMHO.

+1

Honestly, if it ain't that broken, don't try to fix it. Keep in mind that most "broken" strategies are available to all mages in the arena, so they don't upset the balance of the game too much.

[Elephant Parade]

--snip--

What's the current problem with multicasting? Is it that the first spell having no penalties is really that game-breaking? Sorry, but this just discourages multicasting and essence creation as a whole and would just slow the game down.

Also, no more essence roulette (all of them fail). And if someone never gets to cast the second spell, that player would still get a penalty just for trying, which doesn't feel fair IMHO.

+1

Honestly, if it ain't that broken, don't try to fix it. Keep in mind that most "broken" strategies are available to all mages in the arena, so they don't upset the balance of the game too much.

Something doesn't need to be unbalanced to be bad, or even broken. Essences completely change the nature of the game; you can consider that change to be good or bad, but it *is* a change.

Similarly, multicasting is a pretty big deal. It allows you to get a ton of stuff done in one turn. In combat, it would give an insane advantage to anyone capable of it.

[star2wars3]

I'm going to prepare two characters now. One for in case there are fonts of magic on the new map, and one for the case that there isn't.

Spoiler: If there are(and first action too): (click to show/hide)

Name: Wayfarer.
Affinity: Solid Force
Description: Once upon a time, there was a mage. That mage only had two books that he kept dear to him. The first was the book from which he learned his magic. The second...
In any case, the second book had tales. Tales of great power, only safely accessible through a magical ritual.
Eventually, the mage grew in power and wisdom, and a pamphlet arrived at his doorstep. The pamphlet told of a pocket universe, a deathmatch for powerful mages. Its magic facilitated the generation of shards from the souls of dead mages and others. Said shards were incredibly potent even on their own. But eventually, together, they had a resonance effect... this would not be much until a hundred shards. Then godhood.
The mage realized he could use the power granted from the ritual he had read about in his second book to kill all the mages on the island, along with all of the magical creatures... take their shards... and ascend.
That very day, the mage packed his two precious books into a trunk in his tower(a relatively small one). Then he set off to travel across the world to the only city in his world with a portal with enough power to reach to the pocket dimension spoken of.
A day later, a mage cursed his voice box so he could only speak four words in the entirety remaining of his life. And horribly disfigured his face. All over a cup of tea.
So he killed said mage, then fashioned a black mask for himself, made of solid force. He donned the mask, and never looked back(except to grab some more rations).
Several years later, his body was covered in scars. His long, flowing robes were in tatters. So he killed another mage in his way and took his garments(except for the undergarments), a long leather coat, black, covered in now depowered protection sigils, complete with a hood, black, thick black pants, covered in now depowered protection sigils, and black loafers. And black padded gloves. The mask stayed.A week later, those were only slightly scratched. The mage was putting up more of an effort to keep his outfit intact. He liked this one(number 56).
The week after that, he had arrived in the city. Being unable to speak, he promptly stormed the compound where the experimental portal was held. The magitech specialists' protocols dictated that the portal be shut if there was any disturbance.
The mage had dubbed himself Wayfarer. He needed no other name, until he executed his plans.
The trans-dimensional island he arrived at was not the one shown in the pamphlet, despite the fact that it had the same universal coordinates.
He was silent, as he always was.

Stats:
STR: 1
DEX: 3
SPD: 1
END: 3
POT: 0

Wayfarer went over his physical assets. He almost sighed when he realized that all the time he spent dodging attacks and resisting damage had turned him into a super-athlete. At the expense of his magical potency. But no, he had to be stoic. A sigh didn't count as a word for the purposes of the curse... but it would not do to be anything other than silent where others could see him. He reached into one of the several pockets his coat had, and withdrew 5 magical shards. So this was the place. No matter how... changed... it was.

Wayfarer took 4 of the 5 shards he had been granted, and smashed them, directing their power into his soul to grant himself a point in Potency.(Assuming that's how it is...)
Then he played a game of "essence roulette" as his previous master(now dead) had called it. Creating essences until one collapsed. A dangerous action. But he could likely survive the fallout, and he needed the benefit.
Wayfarer also took the time to gaze at any other mages in the area... some might be weak, and some strong, but it would be good to know which.
((Wayfarer is going to basically be a mute for most of the game, so I'm not giving him a defined speaking color. If you want a color to show him as on the map, I'd prefer pure black.))

Spoiler: If there aren't(and first action too): (click to show/hide)

Name: Orion
Affinity: Magic Missile
Description: A tall man garbed in... a mass of strings, some woven more tightly than others. Huh?
STR: 0
DEX: 3
SPD: 0
END: 0
POT: 5

Orion entered, wept, crushed five shards for a point in potency, then played magic missile roulette. Soon he could begin his killing spree. And his mother would finally be happy.

((I'd recommend a color of pure white for Wayfarer. That way even if he talks none of us will know about it))

((On another note. If I get a turn while in the state between the Duck and the Turtle (A'Tuin?)))

Skeliborn

Action:

3 essences

[DreamerGhost]

((On another note. If I get a turn while in the state between the Duck and the Turtle (A'Tuin?)))

No, and the new island is not on a turtle.

[ATHATH]

--snip--

What's the current problem with multicasting? Is it that the first spell having no penalties is really that game-breaking? Sorry, but this just discourages multicasting and essence creation as a whole and would just slow the game down.

Also, no more essence roulette (all of them fail). And if someone never gets to cast the second spell, that player would still get a penalty just for trying, which doesn't feel fair IMHO.

+1

Honestly, if it ain't that broken, don't try to fix it. Keep in mind that most "broken" strategies are available to all mages in the arena, so they don't upset the balance of the game too much.

Something doesn't need to be unbalanced to be bad, or even broken. Essences completely change the nature of the game; you can consider that change to be good or bad, but it *is* a change.

Similarly, multicasting is a pretty big deal. It allows you to get a ton of stuff done in one turn. In combat, it would give an insane advantage to anyone capable of it.

It's a good thing that we can't cast multiple spells in one turn in combat, then, isn't it?

It just helps speed up the game. Imagine how far behind we'd be if everything took 2-3 times as long to make.