Invoking aspects to boost the Power of spells

[Troy]

Ah, excellent. Thank you very much.

So, would it be a storm or a leyline having you repay your debt? Or would it be the GM offering a Compel in the theme of the storm or the leyline or whatever? I'm trying to think of how it would work if, as we are talking about in this example, the "Sponsor" was non-sentient with no Agenda of its own. If the "sponsor" was due to the power of time and/or place...

[Lavecki121]

Maybe on their next spell....

I think it would have to be on their next spell since they dont technically have the consequence until they finish the current spell.

[Haru]

You can refuse the compel, but it costs a you a FP and the debt isn't considered to be paid back.  Eventually, you have to accept to pay off the debt.  The important thing is that you don't receive a FP for accepting the compel because you've already gotten something in advance.

Or that's how I read it.

I feel it is a compel you already accepted, that's why I phrased it like that. But you are right, refusing with a fate point is always an option, though you won't really have won anything in that case.

So, would it be a storm or a leyline having you repay your debt? Or would it be the GM offering a Compel in the theme of the storm or the leyline or whatever? I'm trying to think of how it would work if, as we are talking about in this example, the "Sponsor" was non-sentient with no Agenda of its own. If the "sponsor" was due to the power of time and/or place...

Well, tapping into the source should, for a while, alter the character in a way. Tapping into a storm could make him erratic and hectic, due to the lightning. Or he might become moody. A leyline would impose itself on the wizard in the same way. A nurturing leyline would maybe inhibit the wizards destructive streak, for example.

And all compels can come from that kind of change to the character.

[Troy]

I really like those ideas.

So, my Compel based on drawing power from the storm might be something like: "Since drew down power from the thunderstorm last week to cast your binding spell against a powerful demon, the rage of the storm has left it's mark on you. Normally, what Jake said wouldn't have phased you in the slightest, but today, you lose your temper and lash out at him for his foolish attitude toward something so serious."

Yeah, I really like that.

Or maybe the next time there is a thunderstorm, the connection you had established works in reverse and the storm somehow draws power from you. A Compel that takes efficacy away from a spell or two during the session.

[Haru]

I think I like the first version better than the last. Or maybe turn it around on the second idea, that the storm liked to ride along on the wizards power and wants to do it again. If he wants it or not.

Of course, there can always be some entity connected to those phenomena. A storm rider shide, for example. Or an earth elemental as the guardian of a leyline.

[Tedronai]

Paying off the Compel on Sponsor Debt might make the Debt go away, I'm unclear on the strict reading of the RAW, here, but accepting it definitely does not provide a FP as it normally would.

[PatchR]

You can refuse the compel, but it costs a you a FP and the debt isn't considered to be paid back.  Eventually, you have to accept to pay off the debt.  The important thing is that you don't receive a FP for accepting the compel because you've already gotten something in advance.

Or that's how I read it.

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