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From: "John Machin" <orichalka_at_RSQ7cgvQhmhT_frBuMyOtk3tzZxt0vQOK0yHJm4johogFQVtlmFZlvyF_8s7gCrkhu-nmR4xoej8hmabmw.yahoo.invalid>
To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:02 AM
Subject: Augment Only / Common Magic [was: Re: Make up
new Gods, dang it!]
> On 16/07/07, L.Castellucci <lightcastle_at_HAdHsR43SdyOO5XjBAx494BYjihRLmtQKmkwhw6MMP8jmk719gPuBLUp64kR5-SN-WV9tjVykctGHec.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.
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> 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?
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> 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'.
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