Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:48:45 +0000
From: Tim W Brown <twbrown@uswest.net>
Subject: Re: [7th Sea RPG GM] [John/Kevin] {Long} Talismans, Charms, and Potions

Good idea -- good material!
One trivial quibble, though: on the Glamour
Talisman, rather than making it lose its power
after a badly failed roll (adding injury to
insult), why not just say for all of them that you
roll the Drama Die that you're already spending,
and if it comes up a 1, then it loses power. Makes
it riskier to use, but as you say, the magic of
Glamour is fickle. Plus, I'm gonna be such a
tightwad with magical power that I'll probably
make them *all* one-use items.

Other thoughts fly into my head (ouch!) as I
write: How detectable are potions? There might be
TN to be used by the victim/servant/cook using an
appropriate Wits+skill, as well as magical
thingies to detect or counteract potions.
And, of course, there's the question of abuse:
what's to stop one PC from learning the skill and
cranking out three or four of the things for all
his friends? (Yes, I know the GM can always stop
any PC from learning it, but it seems to be not an
unreasonable idea in general). Yeah, it costs a
drama die, but over time that won't be that big a
deal, especially considering the power it adds to
the party.

Some call me Tim...

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