[UA] Charge gathering

[Mario Magallanes]

Matthew Rowan Norwood escribió:
> 
> 
> The whole "historical vessel" thing never sat well with me. That's what
> Cliomancy's about, right? I'd be more inclined to go for a Sig-charging
> ritual like Oneiromancy*: same as a minor, but up the degree. For
> instance, a Sig Dipso charge might involve downing five drinks all at
> once (a fifth of liquor, etc.), with accompanying penalties and maybe
> extra health checks to make sure you don't vomit/pass out/etc?
> 
> This would help to separate the "hard-code" drinkers from the more
> cautious ones, which is what minor/sig charges are supposed to do IMO.
> Dipsomancy is about losing control -- the more inappropriate and
> disabling the behavior, the more powerful the charge.

Nice. You'd have to rework the drink rules and spell cost, though. Five
drinks are a -25% impairment (-20% for the first five, since the first
one is free). Since some dipso spells cost as many as four charges, that
puts the dipso at -95% impairment. -100% is alcohol poisoning, and you
can't sober if you keep drinking, so four significant charges is the
limit (and he can't get minors, either)

Mario Magallanes
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