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<blockquote data-quote="Kemrain" data-source="post: 1899459" data-attributes="member: 12153"><p>It's time to explain some of my ideas again, and this time, in better detail. To have them make more sense, I'll elaborate, use some fluff, and hopefully justify my ideas a bit better.</p><p></p><p>Dispelling Ease:</p><p></p><p>Magic is universal. Like the laws of physics, it's the same wherever you go. However you modify it, it's fundimentally the same. Certain Mages, specialized in the breaking of spells, have learned the laws of magic and the knowledge of how to turn those laws against other spellcasters.</p><p></p><p>When Counterspelling, a Mage with this ability who succedes on her Spellcraft check to identify the spell she wishes to counter suffers no increase in the Dispel DC for only knowing some of the Spell Lists involved. Her understanding of magic is such that she can use her mastery of the laws of Magic to bring the spell down, even with exotic components she doesn't fully understand.</p><p>In addition, when she succedes on her Spellcraft check, but knows none of the Spell Lists involced, she suffers only a +5 to the Dispel DC, because she can apply her general understanding of magic to bring the spell down by countering the magical forms it's required to utelize to work.</p><p>If she fails her Spellcraft check, she can still try to counter her opponent's spell, but she can't apply her knowledge of Magical principles because she can't see which laws the spell is utelizing.</p><p></p><p>No penalty if you make your Spellcraft check and know some of the lists, +5 to the DC if you don't know any but succede on your Spellcraft check, and +10 to the DC if you fail your Spellcraft check, as normal.</p><p></p><p>This ability is designed to make counterspelling difficult spells easier, but not make the easy-to-dispel spells any simpler. It fits d20's paradigm of reducing a penalty giving a larger boost than adding a bonus. It's situational, but no more situational than the Dispel rules as written, and it's never more than an effective +5 to Dispel checks.</p><p></p><p>- Kemrain the Easy.</p><p></p><p>More to follow...</p><p></p><p>- Kemrain the Thorough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kemrain, post: 1899459, member: 12153"] It's time to explain some of my ideas again, and this time, in better detail. To have them make more sense, I'll elaborate, use some fluff, and hopefully justify my ideas a bit better. Dispelling Ease: Magic is universal. Like the laws of physics, it's the same wherever you go. However you modify it, it's fundimentally the same. Certain Mages, specialized in the breaking of spells, have learned the laws of magic and the knowledge of how to turn those laws against other spellcasters. When Counterspelling, a Mage with this ability who succedes on her Spellcraft check to identify the spell she wishes to counter suffers no increase in the Dispel DC for only knowing some of the Spell Lists involved. Her understanding of magic is such that she can use her mastery of the laws of Magic to bring the spell down, even with exotic components she doesn't fully understand. In addition, when she succedes on her Spellcraft check, but knows none of the Spell Lists involced, she suffers only a +5 to the Dispel DC, because she can apply her general understanding of magic to bring the spell down by countering the magical forms it's required to utelize to work. If she fails her Spellcraft check, she can still try to counter her opponent's spell, but she can't apply her knowledge of Magical principles because she can't see which laws the spell is utelizing. No penalty if you make your Spellcraft check and know some of the lists, +5 to the DC if you don't know any but succede on your Spellcraft check, and +10 to the DC if you fail your Spellcraft check, as normal. This ability is designed to make counterspelling difficult spells easier, but not make the easy-to-dispel spells any simpler. It fits d20's paradigm of reducing a penalty giving a larger boost than adding a bonus. It's situational, but no more situational than the Dispel rules as written, and it's never more than an effective +5 to Dispel checks. - Kemrain the Easy. More to follow... - Kemrain the Thorough. [/QUOTE]
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