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By spell level, but it varies with the spell. Basically whatever I think is balanced at the time, but with the understanding that costs can change if a spell cost is determined to be out of balance later. In general, the average cost of a 0th-level spell is 1 VP. In general, the average cost of...

Session 5 (6/4/2003) Brother Cooper's Free Time Session 5 (6/4/2003) Brother Cooper's Free Time Brother Cooper removed his hat, and sat down wearily in the back pew. After a moment, he stared up at the cross. The church was deserted, and quiet. The cloudy morning sun offered only pale washed...

Session 5 (6/4/2003) Joe's Free Time Session 5 (6/4/2003) Joe's Free Time The crashing sound woke Joe up. His head was a throbbing like some kind of melon that had a good reason to be throbbing and was going to throb as hard as it could. His nose was stuffed up with dried blood, and his throat...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Stake-out Session 4 (5/28/2003) Stake-out Willie had to pee. He had to pee, had to pee, had to peeeeee. Okay…okay…he just needed to try not to think about it. He knew that. He should be concentrating on why he was here. He should concentrate on the stake-out. Okay...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Eating, Flirting, Bleeding Session 3 (5/21/2003) Eating, Flirting, Bleeding Willie limped through the maze of cluttered lunchtime tables into the back of the Thai restaurant that had the unfortunate luck to be situated next door to Joe’s comic shop. He spotted his...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Getting Closer Session 3 (5/21/2003) Getting Closer “That’s not skin…that’s clay,” Crystal announced, with her light (and gun sight) trained closely on the zombie’s face. Willie grunted with the pain in his leg and leaned over to take a closer look. “I don’t care if...

Re: Re: owowow We allow for critical misses like critical hits. Roll a 1, then roll to confirm by rolling another 1 or a 13. Then some percentile dice come in for a chance at: dropping your weapon (likely) damaging your weapon (uncommon) hurting yourself with your weapon (uncommon) two or...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Science Center Combat Session 3 (5/21/2003) Science Center Combat The five thugs crossed the street towards the Children’s Science Center. In unison, they each slowly drew large Bowie knives from their jackets and held them out before them. Willie shifted position...

Something else I thought of on the Wealth system: I agree that, given time, the PC's wealth levels will keep rising faster than it makes sense for them to, and eventually beyond the reasonable limit for their chosen professions. One simple way to handle that is to put the burden on the player to...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Car Chase Session 3 (5/21/2003) Car Chase “Follow that van!” Joe bellowed, and for a moment, Brother Cooper felt just like Dave Starsky as he stomped on the gas and turned the key in the ignition. Unfortunately, his ’81 Ford F-150 felt nothing like a Gran Torino as it...

Sidebar: Rules for Spellcasting in Medallions Since there appears to be some interest in this file, here are the rules that I put gave the players for spellcasting in Medallions. The goal of these rules was to evoke a certain "feeling" and "tone" of magic. Despite the existence of hard-coded...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Stakeout Session 3 (5/21/2003) Stakeout Crystal looked at her watch again. Eleven fifty-five, and all was quiet. She sighed, again, and checked the safety one more time on her pistol. Still on…for now. She looked across the front seat at Taylor, who was busy using the...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Sunday Bloody Sunday Session 3 (5/21/2003) Sunday Bloody Sunday Willie opened the car door for Gramms, and held her cane as she sat down into the driver’s seat. He started to hand her cane over to her once she was inside, and then stopped and realized he had accidentally...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Brother Cooper's Mission Session 3 (5/21/2003) Brother Cooper's Mission “So you don’t ever serve any dessert to the men?” The kitchen at the St. James Mission for the Homeless smelled strongly of cayenne pepper and chili powder. Brother Cooper had replaced his classic...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Secrets and Ingredients Session 3 (5/21/2003) Secrets and Ingredients The empty parking garage was as quiet as a grave, and Willie’s footsteps echoed vulnerably as he walked towards the idling car. He kept his hands in his pockets: his left hand on his gun, and his right...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Human Resources Session 3 (5/21/2003) Human Resources “So you understand that the hours for this job are seven at night until four in the morning, Monday through Friday?” The woman was old, with skin like leather, and hair was wildly sprouting out in several directions...

Re: Re: Session 3 (5/21/2003) Lunch-And-Learn Oh, trust me, everyone at the table thought it was a bad idea, but there was this almost morbid sense of curiosity to see just how much trouble he could get himself into. :D

Session 3 (5/21/2003) Lunch-And-Learn Session 3 (5/21/2003) Lunch-And-Learn “So you stole your boss’ car?” Crystal asked between bites of her seven-dollar burger. “No, baby, not stole it. You know, I borrowed it. For work.” Willie answered, and flagged the waiter down for some more coffee...

More or less. He can not be recorded clearly, either on video or audio. So he is blurry in photos, on film, or on TV, and his voice is drowned out by static on audio recordings. Also, so far we have discovered that this protection applies to his car while he is driving. fludogg/Joe has a ball...

Session 3 (5/21/2003) The Magic Shop Session 3 (5/21/2003) The Magic Shop Willie was definitely going to have to get his car soon. He normally didn’t mind bumming rides off of people, especially the preacher, but Willie was not liking riding three guys in the front seat of a pickup, and...