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  1. #1
    Gary V. Foss
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    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

  2. #2
    Pieter A de Jong
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    Was Guns - Now Wizards and Sour

    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

  3. #3
    Trizt
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    Was Guns - Now Wizards and Sour

    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?


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  4. #4
    Gary V. Foss
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    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

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