Augment Only / Common Magic [was: Re: Make up new Gods, dang it!]

From: John Machin <orichalka_at_K2XrJ2-T6nKYLw33imEhkqOAZ8m7JDN5EcP0BZ8NJ-ns6bKS2-gQBSncrBXiPk0mBA>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:02:12 +1000

On 16/07/07, L.Castellucci <lightcastle_at_V8bXW3_Fj9pRMbW9j_3KiEuhhZ57AdY3o116k_As4yAuVde1CnCbI78hplcLiBVIdxy2PuhhsJcQeIk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I've toyed with making the rule be "unable to use the magic on its own". In
> other words, it must be accompanied by a mundane action it is used in
> conjunction with instead of "must augment". I haven't had a chance to see
> how that plays out in play, though. It may not make sense once thought
> through.

I let augment only/common magic be "used" as a defence (i.e. the Blindness Averting Gesture feat which opposes any magical attempt to blind the possessor at its full rating). I don't really know what else to do, to be honest? Use it to augment their assumed Not Blind (Yet) 13?

One thought I had was that this would make being able to actively use such an ability pretty pointless I suppose - although in my non-Glorantha game I let people with such abilities use them to help *others* (so your Blindness Averting Gesture can be used to augment others, or to defend them; and your Jaunty Marching Song can keep others going at a cracking pace too).

-- 
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.