New magic system, responsive discussion thread

[TheDeester]

Will there ever be anything on Anti- Magic?

Yes.

 

[Somnastra]

No @Saelihn, I don't think it is.

 

[Teeke]

@Somnastra I understand.

 

[Teeke]

How will the changes to mysticism affect the Sisterhood of Shalherana and revivals?a

 

[Somnastra]

How will the changes to mysticism affect the Sisterhood of Shalherana and revivals?a

Effectively not at all.

 

[MaelstromPuddle]

I like the magic system so far
(Shock, Maels likes something made by staff :O)

 

[SpartanDory]

this is probably just because I'm a Scrub, but what does DC mean?

 

[NIAH]

this is probably just because I'm a Scrub, but what does DC mean?

It's a term coming from Tabletop Roleplay games such as Pathfinder or Dungeons and Dragons. It means "Difficulty Class" and it just means that you need to roll that number or higher to succeed the difficulty level.

 

[SpartanDory]

It's a term coming from Tabletop Roleplay games such as Pathfinder or Dungeons and Dragons. It means "Difficulty Class" and it just means that you need to roll that number or higher to succeed the difficulty level.

ah okay, thank you, you saved me from maybe power gaming one day due to confusion

 

[Teeke]

*hype levels increasing!*

 

[SpartanDory]

*hype levels increasing!*

*hype is over 9000*

 

[Teeke]

@Somnastra
8 hours down time for any character from a single player in order to recoup mp? (can i call it mp?)
What happens if someone is offline for only say, 6 hours?

 

[Somnastra]

@Somnastra
8 hours down time for any character from a single player in order to recoup mp? (can i call it mp?)
What happens if someone is offline for only say, 6 hours?

If the character used ... saaaaay down to 15 spell points, then they logged off for only six hours, they would log back in and would be expected to use only 15 spell points from there. If the NEXT night they logged off for ten, they'd get their whole pool back.

 

[Teeke]

If the character used ... saaaaay down to 15 spell points, then they logged off for only six hours, they would log back in and would be expected to use only 15 spell points from there. If the NEXT night they logged off for ten, they'd get their whole pool back.

If a character is logged off, and the player logs in with a different character. . . does this still qualify as the aforementioned character resting?

 

[Somnastra]

If a character is logged off, and the player logs in with a different character. . . does this still qualify as the aforementioned character resting?

Nope. The player must be logged off entirely.

 

[Somnastra]

I shall explain:

We needed a way for the spell points to be reset with an easily-recognizable milestone, but we didn't want to open ourselves up to potentially doubling some mages' spell pools by making the cut-off server reset (some people are still RPing when that happens). And so it was decided that it would reset when the player slept, as opposed to something server-based. We still needed something quantifiable, so the "recommended daily amount of sleep" (who does that, though?) of eight hours was chosen.

I personally am comfortable with this because the people who will be using the magic system are intended to be the folks who will happily and faithfully abide by such rules.

 

[NIAH]

I shall explain:

We needed a way for the spell points to be reset with an easily-recognizable milestone, but we didn't want to open ourselves up to potentially doubling some mages' spell pools by making the cut-off server reset (some people are still RPing when that happens). And so it was decided that it would reset when the player slept, as opposed to something server-based. We still needed something quantifiable, so the "recommended daily amount of sleep" (who does that, though?) of eight hours was chosen.

I personally am comfortable with this because the people who will be using the magic system are intended to be the folks who will happily and faithfully abide by such rules.

You mean I can't have a 16 hour magic-palooza-fest, sleep for four hours, and continue my reign of mortal terror? D: There goes all of my evil plans.

 

[Teeke]

Not logging in for 8 hours. . .
as someone who generally parks a character online for little to no reason. . .

but at least it establishes a recognizable milestone, and i like that very much.

 

[NIAH]

I shall explain:

We needed a way for the spell points to be reset with an easily-recognizable milestone, but we didn't want to open ourselves up to potentially doubling some mages' spell pools by making the cut-off server reset (some people are still RPing when that happens). And so it was decided that it would reset when the player slept, as opposed to something server-based. We still needed something quantifiable, so the "recommended daily amount of sleep" (who does that, though?) of eight hours was chosen.

I personally am comfortable with this because the people who will be using the magic system are intended to be the folks who will happily and faithfully abide by such rules.

Though... I don't think I've ever seen a better reason to encourage healthy breaks per day.

 

[Sankera]

*is on vacation. Gone for 3 weeks. Super wizzard*