[UA] Charge gathering

[Epoch]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Matthew Rowan Norwood wrote:

> > In this vein, I'd suggest that it's not so much that Dipsos with HSC's
> > (Historically Significant Cups) are overpowered as that Dipsos without 'em
> > are screwed (NO way to get Sigs).
> 
> Well, I wouldn't call the ability to tell the future and telekinetically
> hurl chairs "screwed". Let's not fall into the WW trap here -- UA is
> supposed to put adepts on the same level as mundanes. If I'm an adept
> and I never taste a significant charge, I'm still a fucked-up badass.
> I'm inclined to run a UA game where most of the adepts stick to minors
> except the hard-core weirdos, and most of them would burn out pretty
> quickly.

There's a huge difference between using sigs rarely and never, ever, ever
being able to get sigs.

I agree that Dipsos are screwed up in that they generally speaking only
get minors or only get sigs.  But an adept who can never cast a sig spell
isn't just "on the same level" as a mundane, he's much, much worse
off.  Especially a Dipso, who takes a significant penalty to any
non-magical actions when he's charged up.

Telekinetically hurling furniture is cool and all, but even a sig blast
isn't as good as a gun, and a minor blast is pretty pitiful.  Good for
making people make Unnatural Stress Checks, if they're low enough on the
hardening scale, not good for killing people.

> > If you're working on redoing the Dipso charge-gaining, I'd suggest that
> > you come up with a way that Dipsos can get a reasonable number of Sig
> > charges without killing themselves or spending 12 hours drinking and
> > partially sobering up.
> 
> A spell that takes four significant charges should be a BIG DEAL. If it
> takes four days to build up that kind of mojo, that's not a big price to
> pay.

Dispsos can't effectively build up charges over the course of multiple
days.  Their taboo is almost unavoidable.  They're /supposed/ to build
charges quickly and lose 'em quickly.

Mike

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