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MummyKitty, Are you planning to post to the Charter thread anytime soon? :D

The problem is there isn't necessarily a middle ground... base 5 is slow, base 15 is quick... that doesn't mean that base 10 grants a middle ground. The problem you are having is that you want to incorporate a non-standard Duration and are seeking to make the guidelines fit that need, rather...

Well, you can't draw upon 4th Ed. guidelines for creating 5th Ed. spells because there are significant changes in the guidelines between the two editions. However, in 5th Ed., under the Rego Corpus guidelines, base 15 is required to move a person quickly in any direction... whereas base 5 is...

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I think this would require an additional +1 Magnitude to account for the non-standard Duration, else all Concentration spells could be made with such safety nets with no additional increase in difficulty. The reason Concentration and Diameter are the same level is because of the tradeoff... you...

I am curious as to how you rationalize the "safety net" you have built into this spell. By definition, the magic of a spell with Duration of Concentration lasts only as long as concentration is maintained. How then can it extend beyond that, when the concentration is "broken", to deliver the...

FYI, Certamen is no longer a skill in 5th Edition. You should probably take a few points in Penetration, though. Finesse and Penetration are the two skills used in Certamen, along with Parma, of course.

Wielding the Invisible Sling & Rego spells in general MummyKitty, Your Wielding the Invisible Sling spell cannot miss. There is no actual attack roll. If Titus succeeds in casting the spell, the Rego aspect takes care of the rest, insuring a hit. This is one of the changes that 5th Ed. has...

I think he was referring to Titus's IC speech to the werewolf.

Volkmar & Valeria Volkmar sees an opportunity and charges into an attack position, taking advantage of the wolf's momentary preoccupation with Lukas. He strikes in with a mighty blow from his greatsword! Volkmar attacks with a total of 29. He rolled a 7, is exerting himself, and has applied a...

Yeah. I know. And with Method Caster and Weak Spontaneous to boot.

Puck will seek only to distract the wolf - by taunting, throwing rocks or limbs, etc. - should the beast venture to attack the party. After doing anything, he will dart off again, to find another suitable vantage point with which to cause another distraction. Puck isn't particularly brave - he...

Another quiet/still casting magus, huh? One more and it's officially a stereotype.

Initiative Yair, How exactly are you handling Initiative? The initiative order you posted in the IC thread is just the raw die rolls for Volkmar, Puck, and Valeria, not the modified scores for their Quickness and/or Weapon Skills. Was that an oversight, or are you doing something different?

Aura? Before the spells start flying... is there an aura, magical or otherwise, at our current location?

Initiatives Valeria rolls a 6, and has a Spellcasting Initiative of 3. Volkmar rolls a 5 and has a Greatsword Initiative of 4. Puck rolls a 7 and has an Fist/Dodge Initiative of 10. NOTE: I don't have my book in front of me, but Volkmar will utilize the Bodyguard rules for combat to try and...

After Pavel shifts to his boy-form and reports on the wolf he saw, Volkmar draws his greatsword and positions himself in front of Valeria and Titus. He orders Lukas to fall back to defend the main group. Valeria, meanwhile, begins casting Wizard's Sidestep upon herself. She loosens the girdle...

OOC: Assuming Lukas did indeed shout out to Pavel... "Be silent!" Volkmar snaps at Lukas, irritated he would so carelessly vocalize their presence and position. Addressing the magi, he says, "Once we near the village, Lukas will accompany you further. I and Puck," he says, looking around for...

The spell isn't designed to allow you to "think" like the animal... merely to understand its communication. Yair's description has implied that the howling heard by our characters is how wolves talking would sound if they were to talk. This implies to me that the lycanthropes are communicating...

I can't agree with you here. You are selecting a Base 15, which is designed to "utterly change a person's mind", then tacking on an additional magnitude to not utterly change it. If you feel a modifier is required (I don't), then it should be tacked on to a lower base. The bases for Mentem show...