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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 3069282" data-attributes="member: 4303">More Thoughts About MitigationI've been thinking about the natural sympathy between some kinds of mitigating factors and certain seeds - e.g. destroy with backlash etc., and wondering whether a kind of normal value vs. reduced value might be in order; i.e. destroy would receive the full benefit from backlash, but only half the benefit from (say) ritual mitigation - in the unlikely event that you found yourself with an hour free to disintegrate someone. This would be a simple mechanism, which would only necessitate a minor tweak or two to seed descriptions  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> . The entry would be "Preferred Mitigation." Some seeds might have two or three preferred mitigating factors. Weak seeds (contact, foresee) could have the entry (Preferred Mitigation: any).BacklashRitualsExtended casting timePower ComponentsXP BurnIf the Preferred Mitigation for the call seed was (say) Rituals, a spell incorporating other mitigating factors would still be possible - albeit at reduced efficiency. Power components would be half as effective, you'd need to sustain twice as much backlash at the climax of the rite etc.I wonder if power components should be the preferred mitigating factor for the fortify seed. Kind of makes sense. It might look like this:Afflict: AnyAnimate: AnyAnimate Dead: Power Component, XP burnAwaken: AnyBanish: Power ComponentCall: RitualCompel: XP burnConceal: AnyConjure: AnyContact: AnyDelude: AnyDestroy: BacklashDispel:Energy: BacklashForce: AnyForesee: AnyFortify (Creature): Power ComponentFortify (Object): Power ComponentHarrow: XP Burn, BacklashHeal: Ritual, XP Burn, Extended CastingLife: Ritual, XP Burn, Extended CastingPolymorph: Power ComponentReflect: Power ComponentReveal: AnySlay: XP Burn, BacklashSummon: Power Component, XP burnTime: ?Transform: ?Transport: AnyWard: Power Component, Extended CastingWeather: AnyAs I threw this together in about six minutes, I expect there are lots of holes.Edit: I think artifacts should always retain their full value - after all, they're artifacts.Edit: (Random Thought): Afflict is still kind of wimpy, isn't it? Maybe greater bestow curse would make a better root.</blockquote>

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