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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> I have the AH copy of RQ3, and in the creatures book, under Satyrs, it talks about the creatures using </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> pipes and music as a focus for spirit magic spells.<BR><BR>> I was thinking of doing the same thing for players to create Bard like characters. Characters would need </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> to succeed in an instrument roll, and then (I was thinking) a casting roll for every potential target in </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Sounds like a reasonable idea. Perhaps you might not need a second roll for the effect to take place - it might just be a magical property of the Bardic character of his magical pipes or lyre or whatever. If you have a roll to make the music, a roll to make the magic and a POW vs POW roll it seems like a lot of rolls.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> Endurance, Befuddle, Control, Maybe even characteristic increases like glamor). I don't see music as </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> being able to ignite swords or heal wounds. Once the music stopped the effects would wear off quickly.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">You could be very inventive with this and create different types of effects. I'd add Sleep, Convince and Manic Dance as common effects that I have seen in fairy tales and legends. Some effects might wear off quickly, others such as Sleep might still have an effect.<BR><BR>> Have people done this sort of thing? What do you think would be appropriate in MP cost for a Music </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> focus spell that has the potential to affect multiple targets. Should it have the normal MP cost? Double </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">> the MP cost? Normal MP cost +1 for each target affected?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I haven't done it personally, but there's no reason why it wouldn't work. It's a common staple of folk tales after all.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">It should probably have a MP cost depending on the number of people affected and the duration of the magic. Perhaps 1 MP per person for every 10 rounds plus an additional amount for the type of effect, but I'd probably not have the additional amount jus tot keep it simple.<BR><BR>> What is your opinion on using music as a focus? How best do you think it could work?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">It could work really well.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">You'd have to decide whether the magic came from the Bardic character or his instrument. Does he have a Magical Voice, Magical Heart, Magical Lyre, Magical Bagpipes or whatever? Where did the ability come from? Was it god-given, did he steal it by licking a roasted salmon or did he just find a magic item? Does he have a fixed set of magical effects or can he learn new ones? Is each effect tied to a specific tune so he has to learn new tunes to learn new effects? Are there any limitations - does it work on all species or just humans, what about tone-deaf people or people who hate music?<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Once you've worked out the basics, the rest will probably come out during play.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">But, it sounds like an excellent idea, very open and fluid, an interesting use of RQ.</DIV>
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