Re: matrix gems

[Greg Mowczko <mooch@cioe.com>]

What foo is saying is it don't matter. If you don't have the gem you don't
get the +2 ranks. Say some nomad hands me a luck amulet and then hands me
a nomadic matrix gem. Besides my being in pain I get to add 2 ranks to the
amulet if I use it while holding the gem that is trying to kill me.

When the nomad hands me the amulet ALL of his incants drop 2 ranks since he
no longer has the gem. Bad time for a nomad who had a blade block that was
running at 2 ranks left because that just goes away.

Now when he gets the gem back he goes back up +2 for all his incants. Which
is still better than the mage or priestly where you need to heal back up to
the 50% more SUs that you just gave up ( assuming you were above your normal
max units ).
							Greg

> From jedi@ecn.purdue.edu  Mon Feb 28 13:32:29 2000
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:31:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>
> To: Foo <fooboy@laf.cioe.com>
> cc: "Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>, gmlist@cioe.com
> Subject: Re: matrix gems
>
>
>
> I think that Sean's referring to the damage taken PER ROUND that one
> receives while holding onto a non-aligned Matrix Gem.  A BIG owwie for
> those incants taking longer than a cople of rounds.
>
> BJ
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Foo wrote:
>
> > 
> > Rulings will only apply to future instances; no grandfathering.
> > 
> > The way it should be, it doesn't make a difference.  If you hold a gem,
> > all your current incants are increased two ranks.  If you are not holding
> > the gem, you don't get +2 ranks to all your current incants.
> > 
> >  -*********************************-
> > -  Joel Gunderson                   -         
> > -  fooboy@laf.cioe.com              -
> > -  The only completely consistent   -
> > -  people are the dead.             -
> > -              -- Aldous Huxley     -
> >  -*********************************-
> > 
> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean L. McLane wrote:
> > 
> > > <my comments included below...>
> > > 
> > > > From fooboy@laf.cioe.com  Mon Feb 28 12:27:16 2000
> > > > Subject: matrix gems
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I'm about to point out an enormous inconsistency in the rules (or at
> > > > least the way people have been interpreting them).  
> > > >
> > > > Matrix gems multiply some of the skills/abilities of individual
> > > > backgrounds by 1.5.  IE, a mage has 1.5 times his normal number of spell
> > > > units when holding a matrix gem.  If he drops the gem, his total number of
> > > > spell units goes back to the normal total.  The same holds true across the
> > > > board. For warriors, your combat mod is multiplied by 1.5.  If a warrior
> > > > drops his matrix gem, it goes back to its normal total.  Ditto for augers,
> > > > marines, and priests.   Nomads work a little differently.
> > > >
> > > > Typically, a Nomad holding a Nomadic matrix gem should have all his
> > > > incants increased by two ranks.  However, players have been using nomadic
> > > > matrix gems (be it their own or someone elses) during the creation of an
> > > > incant to add two ranks to the total ranking of the incant on a PERMANENT
> > > > BASIS.  This is flat out wrong.  Once the incantor lets go of the matrix
> > > > gem, the incant should go back to it's normal ranking.  This is exactly
> > > > the way mage/priest/warrior/auger/chromatic matrix gems function.  Now,
> > > > correct me if I'm wrong here Dan, but isn't AQ pretty much based on the
> > > > fact that you have to give something to get something?  Expend exp for
> > > > skills, expend exp for magic items, expend exp for spells, and expend exp
> > > > for incants.  The way people have been using the nomadic matrix gems has
> > > > been giving them something for nothing, and it's inconsistent with the way
> > > > the rest of the system works.  
> > > >
> > > > Any questions?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Do you think that this should apply only to anyone doing incants in the future,
> > > or should it also be grandfathered to include existing incants that have been
> > > boosted by this method.
> > > 
> > > Also, when making an incant with the Matrix gem, does the gem have to be held
> > > through the duration of making the incant, or just touched once at some point
> > > during the making. This would be a significant question for those who are
> > > nomads as a secondary background, not primary.
> > > 
> > > -Sean
> > > 
> > > > If it's ok with everyone, I would like to announce this at the next gaming
> > > > session to make this official.    
> > > >
> > > >  -*********************************-
> > > > -  Joel Gunderson                   -         
> > > > -  fooboy@laf.cioe.com              -
> > > > -  The only completely consistent   -
> > > > -  people are the dead.             -
> > > > -              -- Aldous Huxley     -
> > > >  -*********************************-
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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