From: Curtis Shenton (curtiss@netcom.com)
Date: Thu 10 Jun 1993 - 06:13:45 EEST
I've been thinking about the idea of Presence and the idea that it's
somehow a sacrifice of the libido. Well I'm not too thrilled with that,
I think it would tend to stereotype sorcerors too much I do think it's a
step in the right direction. Here's my suggestions for how to manage
Presence.
First of all when a sorceror sacrifices POW for Presence he has
to make a choice of how it will be maintained. He has to choose one of
these three options each time, but he doesn't have to choose the same
option each time.
Option 1)Meditation/chanting/some other ceremony that takes half
an hour per point of presence.
Option 2)Bind the Presence with a geas. Some geasa can maintain
more presence than others. For example "Don't cast
healing magics on yourslef" might maintain 2pts,
while "Don't cast magic during Dark Season" maintains
10.
Option 3)Permanently bind the presence in an item or animal.
This would help define the different dwarven types for instance, each
group having a different set of geasa maybe? Would allow for those
repressed sorcerors mentioned before, and even other options like,
"Never cross running water"2pts "Magic doesn't work in sunlight"8pts...
I'm not sure how to handle things like what happens if the sorceror
doesn't do his meditation or breaks a geas. Are those points of presence
just gone for a day? Maybe he has to undergo a ceremony to use them
again, or maybe they are gone for good. Does anyone like this idea for
restricting Presence?
-- Curtis Shenton curtiss@netcom.com internet 4@3091 WWIVnet Currently working on something, I'm not sure what, for WotC 0,,
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