[UA] Master Adepts vs. New Adepts Formula Spells

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 09:10 PM 02/10/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>One thing that has puzzled me in UA is why beginning characters have their
>entire school of magic available to them at character creation.  Maybe I
>missed a key chapter in PMM, but it seems to me that a new adept
>practitioner would need to learn each formula spell the same way rituals are
>learned.  By giving beginning characters all the formula spells and never
>any more, the only way to raise magical talent is to learn rituals (which
>are school independent) or raise the obsession skill.  This provides for
>much less growth then I would expect from a magic system.

There have been characters in published supplements who don't have the full
compliment of formula spells.  If I was doing it all over again, I'd
address it in the main book: Some characters know all the formulas.  Some
know different formulas, or fewer.  But the assumption is that the PCs are
fully trained.  (God knows they've got enough other problems without having
to complete their school, too.)

It's possible to learn or create new formula spells: It's in PoMo, I think.

>Greg & John: What was the original rational for not keeping track of
>formulas on character sheets and thus allowing the entire school to be
>available? 

Didn't think of it.

>As the system is, there really is no difference between any two
>practitioners of any school.  

Other than skill level.  And whether they're minor or significant adepts.  

-G.
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