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| + | == Crystal Mindstone == | ||
| + | <b> Level 1, Air </b> <i>by BrilliantRain </i> | ||
| + | This stone looks like a perfectly spherical crystal lattice of light blue quartz. The stone promotes structured and logical thinking in the attuned wearer giving them +2 dice on rolls that benifit from such analytical thought. | ||
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| + | == 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]] | ||
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| + | 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 | ||
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| + | 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]] | ||
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| + | :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 | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 16 January 2006
Crystal Mindstone
Level 1, Air by BrilliantRain
This stone looks like a perfectly spherical crystal lattice of light blue quartz. The stone promotes structured and logical thinking in the attuned wearer giving them +2 dice on rolls that benifit from such analytical thought.
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
