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LuciusT
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posted January 22, 2003 08:15 AM      Profile for LuciusT      Edit/Delete Post
Has anyone come up with, or do you know of, a simple "addiction" mechanic for d20? I'm looking for something to model the risk of One Power addiction in a new channeler.
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Fahkrin
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posted January 22, 2003 09:05 AM      Profile for Fahkrin   Email Fahkrin    Edit/Delete Post
How about rather then making making channeling an addiction, adjusting the "favored class" rule.

To reflect the concept in the book that using the One Power is so compelling that once you start, you can't stop (without creating a bunch of OP junkies out there), a channaling character has to have their combined channaling class levels be greater then non-channeling class levels, or the character has an XP penalty.

However, a character who multi-classes into a channeling class from a non-channeling class wouldn't receive this penalty but would have to take every level as a channeling class until channeling levels top non-channeling levels (or they do get the XP penalty).

I think this is in spirit with the novels, where once a character uses the One Power, it becomes a focus of their existance. But as Aes Sedai demonstrate they don't have to use the OP for everything.

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LuciusT
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posted January 22, 2003 09:42 AM      Profile for LuciusT      Edit/Delete Post
An interesting idea, but what I'm looking for is something to put a real fear of dangers of channeling into our soon-to-be Novice PC.
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AvaronGansdell
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posted January 22, 2003 10:08 AM      Profile for AvaronGansdell   Email AvaronGansdell    Edit/Delete Post
have them roll a will save every time they want to relase the power..failure means they keep hold of it or drastic failure means they use it on somthing trivial like fetching a drink with arms of air. in this way many failed rolls could result in over channeling and possible stilling (but only if they failed alot of rolls)
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