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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5793935" data-attributes="member: 42582">Just adding to what [MENTION=710]Mustrum_Ridcully[/MENTION] said, if I want my game to give wizards the feel of Gandalf, why would I give them the ability to do stuff that Gandalf doesn't do (in terms of either quantity or quality)?To get that &quot;Gandalf could really pull something out in an emergency if he had to&quot; vibe, you might also give a wizard PC some sort of &quot;drop the veil&quot; mechanic - at it's crudest, this could be:If you want to do something miraculous - like win a fight with a Balrog and return from the heavens in reincarnated form - give your &quot;drop the veil&quot; token to your GM. You then achieve what you want. The GM, however, may subsequently return inflict a serious complication upon you and/or your allies, overriding the usual action resolution rules; s/he must then return the token to you.Maybe the GM spends the token to force Frodo's player to fail a will/corruption check when drying to drop the ring in Mount Doom.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 5793935, member: 42582"] Just adding to what [MENTION=710]Mustrum_Ridcully[/MENTION] said, if I want my game to give wizards the feel of Gandalf, why would I give them the ability to do stuff that Gandalf doesn't do (in terms of either quantity or quality)? To get that "Gandalf could really pull something out in an emergency if he had to" vibe, you might also give a wizard PC some sort of "drop the veil" mechanic - at it's crudest, this could be: [indent]If you want to do something miraculous - like win a fight with a Balrog and return from the heavens in reincarnated form - give your "drop the veil" token to your GM. You then achieve what you want. The GM, however, may subsequently return inflict a serious complication upon you and/or your allies, overriding the usual action resolution rules; s/he must then return the token to you.[/indent] Maybe the GM spends the token to force Frodo's player to fail a will/corruption check when drying to drop the ring in Mount Doom. [/QUOTE]

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