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<blockquote data-quote="luke_twigger" data-source="post: 77980" data-attributes="member: 2202">Hi thereAs was pointed out to me by a friend recently, the Chaos Mage class is one that can only reasonably be played right through from 1st level. But what if you need to make one at e.g. 5th level, as an NPC or a new but experienced PC?There's no easy way you could realistically figure out how many spells a wizard might have cast by a certain level, and what chance each has of triggering the chaotic side effects?My idea is that the maximum span of a PC is 20 levels, and the maximum span of chaos backfire chart is 10 steps, so for each 2 chaos mage levels, roll a d10, then total them all up and divide by 10, rounding down. This gives you the current chaotic step.So a 20th level character rolling ten 10s would be at step 10, but could equally roll ten 1s and be at step 1. On average a PC will be at a step equal to half their level.How does that sound? Does anybody have any alternative suggestions?Has anybody at Mongoose thought about this? Sounds like a good topic for the rumoured web-addon that's planned.ThanksLuke</blockquote>

[QUOTE="luke_twigger, post: 77980, member: 2202"] Hi there As was pointed out to me by a friend recently, the Chaos Mage class is one that can only reasonably be played right through from 1st level. But what if you need to make one at e.g. 5th level, as an NPC or a new but experienced PC? There's no easy way you could realistically figure out how many spells a wizard might have cast by a certain level, and what chance each has of triggering the chaotic side effects? My idea is that the maximum span of a PC is 20 levels, and the maximum span of chaos backfire chart is 10 steps, so for each 2 chaos mage levels, roll a d10, then total them all up and divide by 10, rounding down. This gives you the current chaotic step. So a 20th level character rolling ten 10s would be at step 10, but could equally roll ten 1s and be at step 1. On average a PC will be at a step equal to half their level. How does that sound? Does anybody have any alternative suggestions? Has anybody at Mongoose thought about this? Sounds like a good topic for the rumoured web-addon that's planned. Thanks Luke [/QUOTE]

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