From: owner-gm7thsea@darkedge.com on behalf of Pat Gamblin
[copernicus@brunnet.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [7th Sea RPG GM] [John/Kevin] {Long} Talismans, Charms, and
Potions

>Good idea -- good material!

Thanks muchly! : )

>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.

I like that idea. With your permission, I'll use it. : } It fits with the
other ones that fail one in ten times as well.

>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.

Hm, I'm not sure. Maybe a Wits + Cooking (?) roll vs 20 or higher. I'd
probably say that it would be pretty much indetectable unless one was
alreay checking for poisons and such. Takes the fun out of using one on a
PC if they get to roll to check for it. : }

>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.

I'm more or less hoping the time cost will help (at least for the bigger
things). If a PC started to abuse thier knowledge, I'd have the Sidhe (for
a Glasmour mage) pay them a visit to teach them a lesson about wasting
glamour in that fashion, making it mundane. Matushka, the Sidhe, and Fate
could also take away the power to do that if it was abused. Fooling around
with such power has its consequences. : }  Maybe have the knack completely
taken away if they ignore the warnings of their betters (teacher, spirits,
et cetera). They are cursed to never again be able to use that which they
squandered (also, coincidentally, nulling all items they had previously
made).

Maximilian Gerhardt Bremen, Eisen tinkerer

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