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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 3134062" data-attributes="member: 4303">Re: BlastGood points. I know that it makes for a weak [blast] seed, and 18 points of factors is a lot to make up. Maybe we should rack it back up to 40d6 (+16, double-enhanced) and include a condition:ConditionsWhen [blast] combines as a secondary seed in a spell, it does half of its normal base damage - i.e. 20d6. Factors may be applied to modify this damage as normal.Gods, you could even triple the seed's base area as well, and still be within the 54-60 zone.Retrofitting empower into [blast] as a factor would then equate to a +12 SP increase; assuming that the internal +1SP per d6 factor is also retained. If it seems that I'm swinging wildly on this issue, I apologize - I'm trying to find the best average fit which can solve a number of simultaneous problems.It would look like this:[Blast] Evocation [Acid, Cold, Electricity or Fire]Root Spell: Delayed blast fireball, lightning boltSpellcraft Prerequisite: 24Preferred Mitigation: Backlash Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: 1200 ft. Area or Effect: A 360 ft. line, or a 60-ft. radius spreadDuration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: Reflex halfSpell Resistance: Yes This seed uses whichever one of four basic energy types the caster chooses: acid, cold, electricity, or fire. The caster can cast the energy forth as a line or a spread. The energy type and area are set during spell development.Factor: To develop a spell which allows the energy type and blast shape to be selected at the moment of casting, increase the Spellcraft Prerequisite by +4. Factors: The caster may choose to develop a spell which discharges another type of damaging energy. The options and the associated costs are as follows:• Sonic energy (+4 SP). The spell receives the [sonic] descriptor.• Slashing, piercing or bludgeoning (+6 SP). This damage bypasses Damage Reduction. To have the spell damage interact with Damage Reduction as a magical weapon of the appropriate type, reduce the SP modifier to +4. If the damage will be treated as a non-magical weapon of the appropriate type, reduce the SP modifier to +2.• Force damage (+6 SP). The spell receives the [force] descriptor. Force damage affects incorporeal and ethereal creatures, but not objects; to include objects, increase the Spellcraft Prerequisite by an additonal +1.• Typeless (+8). The spell loses the energy descriptor. The damage is of no particular type, and is not subject to resistance or energy immunity.A spell developed using the [energy] seed releases a bolt or spread which deals 40d6 points of damage of the appropriate energy type, and all in the spell’s Area must make a Reflex save for half damage. If a line is chosen, it begins at the caster’s fingertips; a spread begins as a pellet of energy which detonates at a distance determined by the caster, unless it strikes some intervening body or barrier, in the same manner as a fireball. Factor: Delay (special). To delay the effect of the spell, increase the Spellcraft Prerequisite by +1 for every 2 rounds (or fraction thereof) that the spell can be delayed. See delayed blast fireball for details.Factor: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> To increase the base damage by +1d6, add +1 to the Spellcraft Prerequisite. This factor stacks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To increase the base damage by 50%, increase the Spellcraft Prerequisite by +12. This factor stacks.</li> </ul>Conditions<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A ray which includes [blast] as its base seed changes its Saving Throw entry to Fortitude: Half.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When [blast] combines as a secondary seed in a spell, it does half of its normal base damage - i.e. 20d6. Factors may be applied to modify this damage as normal.</li> </ul>Note: omitted [divine] damage pending further inquiry.</blockquote>

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