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== Stone Of The Savant's Icy Memory == | == Stone Of The Savant's Icy Memory == | ||
| − | <b> Level 1, Air </b> <i>by BrilliantRain </i> | + | <b> Level 1, Air </b> <i>by [[BrilliantRain]] </i> |
This stone looks like a perfectly spherical crystal lattice of light blue ice. The stone assists it's owner's memory so that they will never forget anything they have read. Such perfect memory of text gives +1 die to any roll where book learning would be a major help. | This stone looks like a perfectly spherical crystal lattice of light blue ice. The stone assists it's owner's memory so that they will never forget anything they have read. Such perfect memory of text gives +1 die to any roll where book learning would be a major help. | ||
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You know depending on how good you are at coming up with explinations for things, that's a +2 bonus to all rolls ever. - [[Telgar]] | You know depending on how good you are at coming up with explinations for things, that's a +2 bonus to all rolls ever. - [[Telgar]] | ||
| − | More to the point, it thus acts as a weird form of stunt bonus. Which, to me, is something in-theme for Exalted - you force the player to be 'cool' and descriptive, and they get bonuses. I think it's ok, as a result -- GregLink | + | More to the point, it thus acts as a weird form of stunt bonus. Which, to me, is something in-theme for Exalted - you force the player to be 'cool' and descriptive, and they get bonuses. I think it's ok, as a result -- [[GregLink]] |
No, being cool and descriptive gets a stunt. Twisting words to get another bonus is not being cool, its being abusive. My contention is that this is too losely defined and far too open to abuse. - [[Telgar]] | No, being cool and descriptive gets a stunt. Twisting words to get another bonus is not being cool, its being abusive. My contention is that this is too losely defined and far too open to abuse. - [[Telgar]] | ||
| − | :Rather suprisingly I agree with Telgar. Any idea how I can change the wording so that it covers similar territory as the Abstract Abacus Alchemical charm or the Careful Insight-Gathering Study charm from Ab:Air? My source material for this stone is the level 1 medical stone (for the number of dice) from the main book and the Savant's Icy Eye from Ab:Air. -- BrilliantRain | + | :Rather suprisingly I agree with Telgar. Any idea how I can change the wording so that it covers similar territory as the Abstract Abacus Alchemical charm or the Careful Insight-Gathering Study charm from Ab:Air? My source material for this stone is the level 1 medical stone (for the number of dice) from the main book and the Savant's Icy Eye from Ab:Air. -- [[BrilliantRain]] |
::Well, you could be more specific about what the bonus is to. Mathematical calculations or maybe logistic puzzles? Just phrase the bonus so it applies more narrowly then "analytical thought". - [[Telgar]] | ::Well, you could be more specific about what the bonus is to. Mathematical calculations or maybe logistic puzzles? Just phrase the bonus so it applies more narrowly then "analytical thought". - [[Telgar]] | ||
| − | Ok, I couldn't figure out how to rephrase the benifit, so I redesigned the stone and lowered the bonus. Now, even if you can stunt it to get the bonus on many rolls, it's only 1 extra die and there are still some rolls where it really cannot help you, so I think it works. --BrilliantRain | + | Ok, I couldn't figure out how to rephrase the benifit, so I redesigned the stone and lowered the bonus. Now, even if you can stunt it to get the bonus on many rolls, it's only 1 extra die and there are still some rolls where it really cannot help you, so I think it works. --[[BrilliantRain]] |
Latest revision as of 01:15, 6 April 2010
Stone Of The Savant's Icy Memory
Level 1, Air by BrilliantRain
This stone looks like a perfectly spherical crystal lattice of light blue ice. The stone assists it's owner's memory so that they will never forget anything they have read. Such perfect memory of text gives +1 die to any roll where book learning would be a major help.
Comments
You know depending on how good you are at coming up with explinations for things, that's a +2 bonus to all rolls ever. - Telgar
More to the point, it thus acts as a weird form of stunt bonus. Which, to me, is something in-theme for Exalted - you force the player to be 'cool' and descriptive, and they get bonuses. I think it's ok, as a result -- GregLink
No, being cool and descriptive gets a stunt. Twisting words to get another bonus is not being cool, its being abusive. My contention is that this is too losely defined and far too open to abuse. - Telgar
- Rather suprisingly I agree with Telgar. Any idea how I can change the wording so that it covers similar territory as the Abstract Abacus Alchemical charm or the Careful Insight-Gathering Study charm from Ab:Air? My source material for this stone is the level 1 medical stone (for the number of dice) from the main book and the Savant's Icy Eye from Ab:Air. -- BrilliantRain
- Well, you could be more specific about what the bonus is to. Mathematical calculations or maybe logistic puzzles? Just phrase the bonus so it applies more narrowly then "analytical thought". - Telgar
Ok, I couldn't figure out how to rephrase the benifit, so I redesigned the stone and lowered the bonus. Now, even if you can stunt it to get the bonus on many rolls, it's only 1 extra die and there are still some rolls where it really cannot help you, so I think it works. --BrilliantRain
