Topic: Recover PP's in RMC?

[munchy]

I would say that you need deep sleep to refresh PPs and hits, the rest would just be napping and restore exhaustion points.

[Balhirath]

I use this system:
It takes half an hour before they sleep so deep that they get PP.
For every 2 hours of sleep they get 1/3 of their PP back.
However if they are awaken from sleep (to fight or false alarm or whatever) they need half an hour to fall asleep again and then they still need half an hour more (for one hour total) before the PP starts comming again.

This is the best compromise I have found between realism and playability.. and it gives me the option of ruining their sleep once in a while, if i need some tension in the game 

It's not perfect and if somebody have a better system, please post it

[Dax]

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It's not perfect and if somebody have a better system, please post it

No system is perfect but the one that works for you is a good one.


I stated on the RMSS/FRP thread Sleep Requirements for Elves:

In Dax's world:

No one will regain PPs (or hits) for sleeping !

Just for time:

The aura/the body can store an individuell quantity of PPs.
The Essaence is flowing at a constant amount through everything also the character.
If there is an active spell the flow (or part of it) maintains the spell effect, if not the
character gets the rate of PPs back (up to his normal maximum).
My vision of Essaence flow was developed for Level-PPs not for the new PP-Development with ranks.

There are some places where the flow might be different (nodes, anti-nodes, active area spells etc).
Or channeling user might get a higher rate at holy places.

It is the same for hits:
Your mind has to rest (REM sleep) not your body cells. The body is healing constantly.
If you rest (not moving) you heal more.


Sorloc distinguishes between the different realms:

In my world, the method you describe is true for Essence users; they regain 1/25th of their pp every hour.
Mentalism users (as most Elves are in Sorloc's world) regain PP by sleeping, resting or meditating.
Meditation: Sleep will reduce the amount of sleep needed for full restorative value.
Channelers must pray. 

[Skaran]

It should perhaps vary according to the realms. Clerics get no PPs back for sleeping they need to interact with their deity. Essence and Mentalists both draw the PPs from the environment, Mentalists from within themselves and Essense users from in and around. Hybrids obviously a mixture.

A cleric something hybrid could presumably get all the PPs from a source other than their deity but the deity may or may not be happy about that.

The mechanics of PP recharging. Why is sleep a requirement at all? Being immersed in the essence should do it. Obviously sleep is a good time to "soak" up all those lovely PPs being downtime so to speak.

[Marc R]

I think is was the "ceremonies" list that had "Prayer" as the 1st level spell, which was actually a no PP cost spell that you needed to use to gain back PP. (At like 10 min per PP or something like that.)

[PiXeL01]

You are close. You need to pray 5 min/lvl of caster according to the spell and it isnt free either.

[Marc R]

hmm, what happens if you drop to 0 PP? heheh.

[Skaran]

Well you could burn body points and take a stress critical. Plus of course you may have an ESF roll to overcome has a result of burning off all your intrinsic PPts.

[PiXeL01]

Ask a follow priest to Channel you alittle or even from your god?

[Skaran]

You could ask your god, but watch out for burnout,

[PiXeL01]

But if you are asking for 1 PP to use for the spell "Prayer" from your God, why doesnt he just Channel all the PP you need that day or why not just ask for the that amount to begin with? Which is why you would probably ask a fellow Channeler

[Marc R]

This kind of procedure certainly makes the relationship a lot more like you'd expect, with the caster merely a vessel containing the power of another. . .the core method always makes me think in terms of a divine credit card. "Zeus just increased my limit to 100 PP!"

I have seen this mechanic result in rather amusing methods though. . .like a monestary full of monks who pray to full, then channel to the clerics, then go back to praying. . .all day long. . .sort of like a religious power plant.