> TTrotsky:
>> A benefit compared with being permanently full? Pull the other
>> one... ;-)
> I don't see your point. Are you saying it should be x1.5
> permanently within the glowline? Why not x2? That would
> be even better. Or - wait - how about x10? How stupid of
> the Lunars not to make it x10 permanently!
The point is, Phil, our previous visions of Lunar magic (in WB&RM, RQ2, RQ3 and various RQ4 drafts) have shown us that within the Glowline Lunar magic is always as powerful as it is at the Full Moon.
So: if Lunar magic's strength was increased by half again at the Full Moon, Trotsky (and I) would expect to see it increased by half again within the Glowline.
> As I see it, the glowline smooths out the bumps and troughs. You
> can't level a bumpy field without lowering the bumps. As it is,
> the net effect raises the average, so I really don't see that there
> is any ground for complaint.
If this were the way the Glowline had always been presented, I would agree. (Indeed, it's something we'd previously mooted as a "downside" of the Glowline back in Brooke-Gidlow Towers: great news for Lunars inside the Empire, less good for the poor bloody Redlanders, Arrolians and Praxian Sables...). But it isn't, which is why there is a problem with the new presentation.
(Plus, it appears daft that a Lunar magician can increase his effectiveness by 50% simply by stepping *outside* the Empire's crimson border on a Full Moon Day).
The lack of a bonus to Lunar Magic within the Glowline is not IMO as much of a problem as the use of a multiplier to represent its increased effectiveness at the Full Moon. A Lunar Hero with four Mastery levels in his Lunar magic will be boosted to effectively have six Masteries at the Full Moon or within the Glowline. That gives him two bumps up against another W4 opponent. That is one HELL of a lot of power. (How many Mastery levels do major deities have, again?). And that is BEFORE counting in all the things that followers of any magical tradition can do to boost their effectiveness: preparation, congregation, repetition...
What is Moonson's native ability with Lunar Magic feats? And does he know any Lunar Secrets? So: what is Moonson's effectively permanently boosted +50% ability with Lunar Magic feats within the Glowline?
(I didn't even mention Jar-eel...).
Cheers, Nick
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