[PnP] pnp Digest, Vol 169, Issue 1

[Scott Adams]

Perverse eh? Snicker :)
Can't wait till you gm! :)



At 10:00 AM 7/1/2021, you wrote:
>Floyd, It’s a very good question.  When 
>crafting a magic item with ensorcellment, giving 
>it a Power, typically the Permanent Magic spell 
>provides enough mana to work a few times a 
>day.  With Named items, which should always be 
>created with a significant liability, there are 
>other options.  Usually, if the item needs mana 
>and the character has none, it starts draining 
>energy level.  With this magic system in PnP, 
>mana and energy level are tied together. A lot 
>depends on how the item is created and the 
>perverse nature of your GM.  I would tell a 
>player making such an item to provide the steps 
>used and then, when the item is finished, 
>eventually tell them what they actually created. 
>Items like this have the ability to totally 
>unbalance a game, so a GM should be mighty 
>careful introducing them to a campaign.  And the 
>players should be mighty careful in using it. 
>Dave Sent from my iPad > On Jul 1, 2021, at 3:00 
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> > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 
>12:57:07 -0400 > From: Floyd Resler 
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>text/plain;    charset=utf-8 > > When a magic 
>item has one or more powers, where are the mana 
>points expended from to cast the spell? From the 
>user of the item? I recently rolled up a named 
>item which was plate armor. Mostly likely, a 
>non-magic user would wear this so the character 
>wouldn?t have a lot of mana. > > Thanks! > 
>Floyd > > > ------------------------------ 
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