[pnpgm] Magic and plusses

[Schnockel]

My numbers assume casting at max EL.  Lower EL 'should' mean less expertise 
gained...but that's jus' lil ol' me.

DAS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hooten" <jhooten at windstream.net>
To: "PBEM List" <pnpgm at abroere.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [pnpgm] Magic and plusses


>  Math errors!
>
> if need 1425 casts of BMC1 then only need to cast at El0 thus 1425 mana
> But 135 BMC20 is only 2700 at El0...still an oops
> So the BMC1 is about twice as easy when looking at mana costs
>
> Yup it has always been far easier to get high BMC spells to practice up
> when you look at number of castings
>
> BUT high BMC spells can be harder to get, note the starting spell limits
> for example
> They are also slow to learn
> And could take days to recover from single casts where low BMC can be
> cast multiple times
>
> So the real comparison is the Mana costs, the life blood of the mages
> This is where fast mana recover is the true power level and why any
> natural mage is nasty!
>
> On 8/20/2010 11:11 PM, Schnockel wrote:
>> My biggest issue is that it's less costly to improve higher BMC spells
>> to high levels than it is lower BMC spells.
>> for instance, to get a BMC1 spell to EL15 requires over 1425
>> successful casts.  A BMC20 spell only requires 135.  The higher the
>> BMC, the lower the number of successful casts.
>> It costs almost 10,000 mana to get to EL10 with a BMC1, but only 1900
>> mana to get EL10 with a BMC20 spell!!!
>> something is seriously wrong....BACKWARDS...with that.
>> That's the problem with letting me have access to spreadsheets.
>> I think that the tweaks should be stuff like "don't need hands to cast
>> that spell" or "don't need verbalized words"...essentially once you
>> get proficient with a spell, it simply becomes easier to cast...
>> Think of the gods...think of them as VERY high MEL and EL...but they
>> still need to cast spells like a mortal?  They simply will effects
>> into being.  High level wizards should become more like that...kind of
>> like merging your learned spell casting with an innate ability.
>> my 3-cents
>> Dave
>
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