[PnP] pnp Digest, Vol 152, Issue 6

Scott Adams longshotgm at comcast.net
Sat Dec 8 03:29:46 CET 2018 

Glad to see another like this.  Yeah its odd 
to  talk to a EL20 speaker but you suddenly speak it at el60.
Now granted one can say the gods imbue you due to 
your great Will/Em 60 as a bonus.
But always seemed oddball.
Thanks


At 09:15 PM 12/7/2018, you wrote:
>Sorry, hit send too fast.  The result was also 
>limited by the EL of the target, so if they had 
>EL20, that was the cap you could start with.
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>Burton Choinski
><mailto:bchoinski at verizon.net>bchoinski at verizon.net
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>>On Dec 7, 2018, at 9:11 PM, Burton Choinski 
>><<mailto:bchoinski at verizon.net>bchoinski at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>Just to jump in after a long absence since my 
>>group has not played “pure” P&P for quite a 
>>while now, but I still like shepherding systems. :)
>>
>>As per the V2 rules, If you cast the Tongues 
>>spell at the 5x rate (which we required as a 
>>“ritual”, with a casting rate in minutes 
>>instead of phases), and if you passed the 
>>learning test (roll less than Will+Empathy), 
>>you gain the Language at staring EL.  For our 
>>games, starting EL in this case is what you roll, limited to a maximum of 80.
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>>Burton Choinski
>><mailto:bchoinski at verizon.net>bchoinski at verizon.net
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>>>On Dec 7, 2018, at 8:56 PM, Scott Adams 
>>><<mailto:longshotgm at comcast.net>longshotgm at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>So a range of Em+(0)..100
>>>At EL20.  So really would only need EL16 and can stop for a 80.
>>>Maybe a 3x instead 0-60.  But good idea.
>>>I was hoping ot see more GM/players post.  But oh well.
>>>Thanks.
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>>>At 10:19 AM 11/28/2018, you wrote:
>>>>I’m of the opinion that players should 
>>>>be encouraged to practice their spells and 
>>>>improve them.  You might consider the 
>>>>permanent gain to increase with the EL of the 
>>>>spell....something like: Starting Language 
>>>>EL+(5*Tongues spell cast) It gives reason to 
>>>>keep using the spell instead of a permanent 
>>>>magic item. Dave Sent from my iPad > On Nov 
>>>>28, 2018, at 3:00 AM, 
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>>>>14:46:37 -0500 > From: Scott Adams 
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>>>>Remember max was v1.  Startling Level is v2. 
>>>>Big Change. > Thus Em or EM/2 if diff Race. > 
>>>>Thanks.  Will see what others think. > Yeah 
>>>>maybe limit it by actual spell eL. So Max 
>>>>ELx8? so 0-80 at el10. > > > > > At 07:54 PM 
>>>>11/26/2018, you wrote: >> ?  While the book 
>>>>says "maximum EL possible", I >> personally 
>>>>would have it max at the lower of >> starting 
>>>>EL which is variable depending upon >> 
>>>>character stats OR at the skill of the 
>>>>target. >> ?  I would (if I were GM and in my 
>>>>game) say >> that the tongues spell can only 
>>>>grant the >> effective skill equal to the 
>>>>lower of the >> caster's Em stat (Em/2 if of 
>>>>another race, >> I+W+Em all /3 if 
>>>>supernatural) or the target's language 
>>>>skill. >> ?  I suppose a variant of the spell 
>>>>with even >> more mana cost could be 
>>>>developed to grant "maximum EL 
>>>>possible". >> >> Alex K >> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 
>>>>2018 at 1:58 PM Scott Adams >> 
>>>><<<mailto:longshotgm at comcast.net>mailto:longshotgm at comcast.net><mailto:longshotgm at comcast.net>longshotgm at comcast.net> 
>>>>wrote: >> Does anyone modify this 
>>>>spell? >> >> If Speaker is EL1 and Learner 
>>>>wants language. >> >> Do you do as is or do 
>>>>you lower the EL down to Speaker's EL? >> >> 
>>>>I mean let's say learner has chance to learn 
>>>>el80 (very high stats) >> But speaker only 
>>>>knows el10.?  Do the gods bless learner with 
>>>>fulll >> fluency or just what speaker 
>>>>knows? >> >> A good topic for us 
>>>>GMS. >> >> >> 
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