Had an idea for an alternative way of paying for spells. Instead of having a fixed amount of Power Points, the character must channel the Ess?nce each time she needs to cast a spell. Now the Channeling skill mentioned before is simply PP Dev, its the same skill with a different name.
Here is my idea (and I do not know if there is an companion with it already as I an a newbie to RM and dont own any companions
).
Channeling
To gather Power Points the character must spend a little time to channel the Power to fuel her spells. For this the magician has two options; she can simply open herself to the Flow of Ess?nce and channel Ess?nce into her Aura. This does not require a roll but is limited by the character`s Channel Limit as to how many Power Points she can channel in one round. As this may not be sufficient in some events the magician also have the choice to actively channel Ess?nce by fully employing her knowledge of Ess?nce and Channeling as represented in the Channeling skill. This is done by rolling the Channeling skill as a Percentage Maneuver with the percentage being how much of the needed energy she manages to channel in one round. Here the actually Power Points is not needed as the magician simply decides how many rounds she wants to spend channel Ess?nce and then makes the roll. If she reaches 100% or more she has enough Essence to fuel her spell. If she fumbles she must roll on the Spell Failure Table A-10.11.2.
CasterÌs Lvl # of Channeling Rounds? Taken - Spell Lvl 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
6-8 -5 +5 +25 +30 +35 +40 +45 +50 +65 |
5 -10 0 +20 +25 +30 +35 +40 +45 +60 |
4 -15 0 +15 +20 +25 +30 +35 +40 +55 |
3 -10 0 +10 +15 +20 +25 +30 +35 +50 |
2 -25 -10 +0 +10 +15 +20 +25 +30 +45 |
1 -30 -15 +0 +10 +15 +20 +25 +30 +40 |
0 -40 -20 +0 +10 +15 +20 +25 +30 +35 |
-1 -85 -60 -30 -20 -15 -10 -10 -10 -10 |
-2 -90 -65 -40 -30 -20 -15 -10 -10 -10 |
-3 -95 -70 -50 -40 -30 -20 -15 -10 -10 |
-4 -100 -75 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -15 -10 |
etc, etc
?: Each round requires a Preparing a spell maneuver.
Sorry for the messy table, it looks much better in my document than here.
Channel Limit
The channel limit is a measurement of the character`s understanding of how the source of magic works and a measurement of power as to how many Power Points the character can channel per round.
Channel Limit is calculated by the following form: Channeling skill ranks/4 = Channel Limit.