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<blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7369243" data-attributes="member: 6801226"><p>The resonance idea from <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5056-How-Pathfinder-2-s-Resonance-Reduces-Wand-Spamming-Comparisons-to-5E-Discussed&postid=7369241#comments_7369241" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5056-How-Pathfinder-2-s-Resonance-Reduces-Wand-Spamming-Comparisons-to-5E-Discussed&postid=7369241#comments_7369241</a> seems interesting and something to consider as a replacement for atunement:</p><p></p><p>"There is a concept called "Resonance Score", it is Level + CHA. Whenever you activate magic items or drink potions, you use up your resonance. Once it at 0, you have to start making checks to use items/drink potions. If you fail the check causing the use of the magic item to fail, and if you fumble it, you are cut of from magic items for the rest of the day. Potions no longer do anything. When you start the day, you do whats called "Investing", where you put on your magic items, and invest your resonance so they are good all day. Even if you are cut off, you keep your bonuses (I believe). If you find a magic items that have active effects, each use of that appears to use a resonance as well (example given was a sword that can shoot a ray of fire, each ray would cost one point of resonance). .The check after you resonance is done appears to be a "flat check", which means its a d20 with no modifiers. Starts at 10, goes up by one each time your "overspend". Again if you fumble you are cut off, which means you would need to roll a 1 on your second one to be cut off for the day."</p><p></p><p>Of course if that was in 5e that would make the artificer a cha user instead of an int user (forcing the magic into an item instead of "programming" it in).....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechaTarrasque, post: 7369243, member: 6801226"] The resonance idea from [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5056-How-Pathfinder-2-s-Resonance-Reduces-Wand-Spamming-Comparisons-to-5E-Discussed&postid=7369241#comments_7369241[/url] seems interesting and something to consider as a replacement for atunement: "There is a concept called "Resonance Score", it is Level + CHA. Whenever you activate magic items or drink potions, you use up your resonance. Once it at 0, you have to start making checks to use items/drink potions. If you fail the check causing the use of the magic item to fail, and if you fumble it, you are cut of from magic items for the rest of the day. Potions no longer do anything. When you start the day, you do whats called "Investing", where you put on your magic items, and invest your resonance so they are good all day. Even if you are cut off, you keep your bonuses (I believe). If you find a magic items that have active effects, each use of that appears to use a resonance as well (example given was a sword that can shoot a ray of fire, each ray would cost one point of resonance). .The check after you resonance is done appears to be a "flat check", which means its a d20 with no modifiers. Starts at 10, goes up by one each time your "overspend". Again if you fumble you are cut off, which means you would need to roll a 1 on your second one to be cut off for the day." Of course if that was in 5e that would make the artificer a cha user instead of an int user (forcing the magic into an item instead of "programming" it in)..... [/QUOTE]
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