John Machin wrote:
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> Yay! Rules discussions!
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*smirk*
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> I use lingering benefits or plot augments to model this.
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One shots? That's one of the things I do, too.
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> If you visit an alchemist for a love potion then you roll the alchemists
> "brew love potion" against a resistance and get a lingering benefit to
> appropriate contests until a failure occurs.
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> Alternatively, the potion gives you a plot augment assessed by the
> Narrator.
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> The options might allow for a one-off potion, or for a potion with one
> application and unpredictable duration.
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> (I actually recently used with some looted magical gear actually. Since it
> was gained on a HQ and subsequently lost to a PC it will return to the
> otherworld as soon as the wielder fails to use it victoriously).
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Oooh, I like that interpretation for the genre. :)
LC