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DFRPG / Re: Long time player making the jump to story teller. Questions galore. Hells bells.
« on: October 23, 2014, 12:58:22 AM »
Thank you for the warm welcome 
@blackstaff67 Thank you for the clarification there, I wasnt sure with white court virgin not being a full vampire would there be some kind of gray area.
@Haru
Right on. I know you cant add specialisation bonuses since you cant add more elements being a focused practioner. But i wanted to know aswell cant you buy more focus items slots becuase focused practioners are restricted on what they get from refinement?
So they can also benefit from refinement of chosen theme at a later point but they wont be able to expend it to say time and kinect force?
I Have been looking into chromomancy as an alternative as well to give the player what they want all in one theme, Have you any experience with this power or anyone reading this? Not entirely sure how to set up the spells for this but it sounds really interesting.
Would it make sense for the item of power to start out with no focus slots and then the player could if he wanted to later spend refresh to gain focus item slots as he "attunes" to the item of power? Trying to avoid acidentally letting my player over power there characters!
Would I need to create the skill swap for presence and performance via stunts to attach a cost to it or just them them do it?
Next session I am going to have a good talk with them all about the things you have suggested, thanks!
@blackstaff67 Thank you for the clarification there, I wasnt sure with white court virgin not being a full vampire would there be some kind of gray area.
@Haru
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Ice (focused) practioner in debt to the winter court
1) The maxmum bonus you can get with a focus practioner on a focus item is a +2 ? since you cant take the refinement to increase it? But you can add more enchanted items with refinement?
The maximum number of focus item slots on a focus item is the characters lore. Each point of bonus requires 1 focus item slot. You can buy additional ones by buying the refinement power
Right on. I know you cant add specialisation bonuses since you cant add more elements being a focused practioner. But i wanted to know aswell cant you buy more focus items slots becuase focused practioners are restricted on what they get from refinement?
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Scion (Changeling) of the lost court of moirae
This player is scion of one of the sisters of fate who we decided must be fae, right
1) Players wanted to be able to give short, term vague predications on future with some magic offensive/defense. So I suggested seelie/Unseelie casting. Does this cover both evocation and thaumaturgy in the power? also would the player get focus items and enhancement item slots with this power?
Unless stated otherwise, sponsored magic gives you evocation and thaumaturgy in the sponsored theme. I would suggest to add cassandra's tears for the vague future part.
So they can also benefit from refinement of chosen theme at a later point but they wont be able to expend it to say time and kinect force?
I Have been looking into chromomancy as an alternative as well to give the player what they want all in one theme, Have you any experience with this power or anyone reading this? Not entirely sure how to set up the spells for this but it sounds really interesting.
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Emissary to bragi
This player is working for the norse god of poetry using an items of power.
1) Can you use an item of power as a focus item and how would you work out the refresh cost for doing so. A straight 1 refresh for a +1 offensive power and control ?
Just attach focus item slots to the item in question per the normal rules for focus items. It's kind of double dipping to attach the refinement to an item of power and a focus item, but it is doable.
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2)Player wanted to influence and gain information through telling stories, reciting tales and the like so we agreed on a form Physchomancy, But iam having trouble of coming up with rote spell examples to show how this would work since the character is not a traditional spell caster.
Again, the psychometrie power seems to fit. Only instead of seeing the future of something, the character sees the past. Maybe with an added -1 refresh, he can do the same with people. You could change his magic skills to performance and presence instead of discipline and conviction. He could tell the stories, recite poems, sing a balade, and so on, which could add aspects to the scene, objects or people he is trying to read. He can then tag those on a psychometrie roll for greater success.
Though that sounds more like the ritual power than sponsored magic.
Would it make sense for the item of power to start out with no focus slots and then the player could if he wanted to later spend refresh to gain focus item slots as he "attunes" to the item of power? Trying to avoid acidentally letting my player over power there characters!
Would I need to create the skill swap for presence and performance via stunts to attach a cost to it or just them them do it?
Next session I am going to have a good talk with them all about the things you have suggested, thanks!