Topic: Mentalism in HARP

[Arioch]

Does something similar to RM's mentalism exist in HARP? I don't mean mind-influencing magic, but a way to reproduce Mentalism's strenghts and limits (no penalty to casting manuevers for armors except helmets, subtle casting, effects limited to self or a small number of targets,...).
Thanx!

[Right Wing Wacko]

Nothing I know of comes to mind; however, it may not be difficult to do using the existing rules.

[kasalin]

I think there is a section in either CoM or one of the early Baazars that dealt with casting traditions.  don't have my books to check where it is.  You could use those to create your own mentalism-like flavor of magic.

[munchy]

HB 4 has got casting traditions and CoM also, as well as Cyradon.

[dutch206]

Requires the Codex and CoM:

Profession:  Mystic
Talents:   Tap Personal Mana and Verbal Casting Style

Spells:  Great Sphere of Mysticism

This seems to cover all of the major bases, IMHO.

[WoeRie]

Profession:  Mystic
Talents:   Tap Personal Mana and Verbal Casting Style
Spells:  Great Sphere of Mysticism

I would add the Mental Focus Casting Style as secondary casting style and eventually creating a Casting Tradition from the HB to allow casting in Armor (except of helmet).

It is possible to whisper (-20) for the verbal casting style, together with the Mental Focus, it should be very subtle.

[Arioch]

Thanks!
That's what I was looking for