[Rq-rules] House Rule Query

[Wayne Shaw]

At 03:55 PM 2/10/2008, you wrote:
>I understand this rationale, but what confuses me is that reducing 
>POW actually punishes the character who tries to use Divine Magic or 
>Divine Intervention.  As his power goes down, his Luck roll and his 
>Magic Points and his Spirit Magic roll go down (even for cult spirit 
>magic).  He's not as much in touch with his gods anymore, which 
>seems contrary to me. If the character is using the god's magic to 
>do the god's work in the world, shouldn't he be more in touch with 
>the god, not less?

Because he's elected to use that connection in a different way, and 
there's a price to pay for that.


>
>The only workaround that I've thought of (and I haven't tried 
>playing this) is to keep a tally of the points sacrificed on DI and 
>Divine magic, and use that to supplement your Luck and Spirit Magic 
>(maybe Sacrifice Points/x). This would probably have some kind of 
>horrible, unforseen effect on game balance, though.
>
>

Well, yes, it would mean the rich would get richer.


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