Was Guns - Now Wizards and Sour

[Gary V. Foss]

Pieter A de Jong wrote:

> One other suggestion. Have control of source holding extend the lifespan of
> human wizards (they use the magical energy to sustain themselves). Say
> lifespan = human lifespan * (highest source level/2). This would be enough
> to make me greedy about controlling a high level source or two.

Hmmm. This is interesting. I like the idea of being a source holder extending
one's life, though I think lifespan * highest source/2 is a little high... I mean,
it gets pretty close to giving every mage the Long Life blood ability at minor
strength, which would grant a lifespan of x5. Not quite the same, but very
similar. How about making it so that a wizard who controls a source of 4+ ages as
if wearing a Phylactery of Long Years?

Gary

[Pieter A de Jong]

At 12:36 PM 8/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Pieter A de Jong wrote:
>
>> One other suggestion. Have control of source holding extend the lifespan of
>> human wizards (they use the magical energy to sustain themselves). Say
>> lifespan = human lifespan * (highest source level/2). This would be enough
>> to make me greedy about controlling a high level source or two.
>
>Hmmm. This is interesting. I like the idea of being a source holder extending
>one's life, though I think lifespan * highest source/2 is a little high...
I mean,
>it gets pretty close to giving every mage the Long Life blood ability at minor
>strength, which would grant a lifespan of x5. Not quite the same, but very
>similar. How about making it so that a wizard who controls a source of 4+
ages as
>if wearing a Phylactery of Long Years?
>
Go ahead, it is your campaign. I would still however consider my
suggestions for giving wizards more money. I find it helps the campaign if
all the PC's can play in the political sessions as well as the adventuring
sessions.

Pieter A de Jong
Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

[Trizt]

Gary V. Foss (GeeMan@linkline.com) wrote:

- -> Pieter A de Jong wrote:
- ->> One other suggestion. Have control of source holding extend the
lifespan of
- ->> human wizards (they use the magical energy to sustain themselves). Say
- ->> lifespan = human lifespan * (highest source level/2). This would be
enough
- ->> to make me greedy about controlling a high level source or two.
- -> Hmmm. This is interesting. I like the idea of being a source holder
extending
- -> one's life, though I think lifespan * highest source/2 is a little
high... I mean,
- -> it gets pretty close to giving every mage the Long Life blood ability at
minor
- -> strength, which would grant a lifespan of x5. Not quite the same, but
very
- -> similar. How about making it so that a wizard who controls a source of
4+ ages as
- -> if wearing a Phylactery of Long Years?

Another way could be to add [highest source level]*20 years to the
characters max lifespan and this would change with gain or loss of source.
So a character who would be 240 years old losses one one source level from
his/her highest would die at the same moment.

By the way, has anyone of you DM's ever rolled that "max lifespan" roll for
the characters?


//Trizt of Ward^RITE

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[Gary V. Foss]

Trizt wrote:

> By the way, has anyone of you DM's ever rolled that "max lifespan" roll for
> the characters?

Characters have never lived long enough in my campaigns for it to become an
issue.... :-) Because I didn't want this info to accidentally fall into the
player's hands I eventually decided that I would not roll this data until it
became necessary. That is, when a character got old enough to run into the
possibility of dying of old age. It still hasn't happened. I expect the Fates
will be rolling my dice before I roll any for a PC in a campaign I run.

Gary