Difference between revisions of "Miracles"
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==='''PERFORMING MIRACLES'''=== | ==='''PERFORMING MIRACLES'''=== | ||
*In torglike, miracle workers (such as priests, shamans) roll their dicepool to determine whether they have successful performed a miracle. | *In torglike, miracle workers (such as priests, shamans) roll their dicepool to determine whether they have successful performed a miracle. | ||
| − | *Unlike spellcasting, miracles generally do not need to beat a foe's | + | *Unlike spellcasting, miracles generally do not need to beat a foe's [[resist]] difficulty. Instead, miracles must beat the miracles [[focus]] difficulty (''this means that the chance of performing a miracle is independent of the foe's strength , unlike spells that must equal or beat a foe's [[resist]]''). |
*To successful perform a miracle, roll Spirit + Faith | *To successful perform a miracle, roll Spirit + Faith | ||
| − | **Width 2 sets work only if they are equal to or greater than the | + | **Width 2 sets work only if they are equal to or greater than the [[focus]] of the miracle. Eg. a 2x6 set miracle will work on a foe if the miracle has a Focus6 difficulty or less. A Focus7 miracle wouldn't have worked. |
| − | **Width 3 or greater sets do NOT need to roll equal to or over | + | **Width 3 or greater sets do NOT need to roll equal to or over [[focus]]. (''Otherwise miracles are too underpowered'') |
*There are also circumstance modifiers that affect the chance of performing miracles | *There are also circumstance modifiers that affect the chance of performing miracles | ||
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==='''ACTIVELY RESISTING'''=== | ==='''ACTIVELY RESISTING'''=== | ||
| − | *Miracles cannot be actively resisted unless the character has the faith skill as well. It is a full-round action of denouncing the opposing faith and results in increasing the focus difficulty of the miracle by +2. Also, sets of all widths must now beat the focus difficulty. | + | *Miracles cannot be actively resisted unless the character has the faith skill as well. It is a full-round action of denouncing the opposing faith and results in increasing the focus difficulty of the miracle by +2. Also, sets of all widths must now beat the [[focus]] difficulty to work (such as width3 sets). |
==='''FAILED MIRACLES'''=== | ==='''FAILED MIRACLES'''=== | ||
| − | *If the miracle fails (dice pool has no successes or does not beat the focus), then the miracle worker cannot perform '''THAT''' same miracle again until he/she has communicated with God and performed a penance. After the penance is complete, access to that miracle is restored. The penance is directly related to the Focus difficulty of the miracle. For example, a failed bless miracle with focus3 would need only a nights rest + rosary in the morning (for catholics) or 20min meditation (for buddhists) to be restored. A failed Faith Healing with focus6 would need a more severe penance such as donating a week of community service in the name of your god, or a 3 day fast with nothing but water/juice (with an associated penalty to the body stat while fasting). | + | *If the miracle fails (dice pool has no successes or does not beat the [[focus]]), then the miracle worker cannot perform '''THAT''' same miracle again until he/she has communicated with God and performed a penance. After the penance is complete, access to that miracle is restored. The penance is directly related to the Focus difficulty of the miracle. For example, a failed bless miracle with focus3 would need only a nights rest + rosary in the morning (for catholics) or 20min meditation (for buddhists) to be restored. A failed Faith Healing with focus6 would need a more severe penance such as donating a week of community service in the name of your god, or a 3 day fast with nothing but water/juice (with an associated penalty to the body stat while fasting). |
==='''MIRACLE RESULTS'''=== | ==='''MIRACLE RESULTS'''=== | ||
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***Width5 | ***Width5 | ||
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*'''Faith Healing''' | *'''Faith Healing''' | ||
Latest revision as of 22:03, 11 January 2008
Founding principles
- Miracles should be fun and easy to use. Performing miracles should feel different to spellcasting (i.e. a different mechanic)
- Faith casters should be a bit more discerning when calling on their god as compared to spellcasters.
- Include torg concepts such as focus.
Contents
PERFORMING MIRACLES[edit]
- In torglike, miracle workers (such as priests, shamans) roll their dicepool to determine whether they have successful performed a miracle.
- Unlike spellcasting, miracles generally do not need to beat a foe's resist difficulty. Instead, miracles must beat the miracles focus difficulty (this means that the chance of performing a miracle is independent of the foe's strength , unlike spells that must equal or beat a foe's resist).
- To successful perform a miracle, roll Spirit + Faith
- Width 2 sets work only if they are equal to or greater than the focus of the miracle. Eg. a 2x6 set miracle will work on a foe if the miracle has a Focus6 difficulty or less. A Focus7 miracle wouldn't have worked.
- Width 3 or greater sets do NOT need to roll equal to or over focus. (Otherwise miracles are too underpowered)
- There are also circumstance modifiers that affect the chance of performing miracles
- performed in front of a congregation (at least 20 people) +2d
- the recipient of the miracle is from the same faith +2d
- the recipient of the miracle is of a similar faith (e.g an anglican performing a miracle on a pentecostal) OR has no faith (athiest) or is uncommitted (agnostic) +0d
- the recipient of the miracle is from a completely different faith (e.g. an anglican performing a miracle on a taoist) -2d
ACTIVELY RESISTING[edit]
- Miracles cannot be actively resisted unless the character has the faith skill as well. It is a full-round action of denouncing the opposing faith and results in increasing the focus difficulty of the miracle by +2. Also, sets of all widths must now beat the focus difficulty to work (such as width3 sets).
FAILED MIRACLES[edit]
- If the miracle fails (dice pool has no successes or does not beat the focus), then the miracle worker cannot perform THAT same miracle again until he/she has communicated with God and performed a penance. After the penance is complete, access to that miracle is restored. The penance is directly related to the Focus difficulty of the miracle. For example, a failed bless miracle with focus3 would need only a nights rest + rosary in the morning (for catholics) or 20min meditation (for buddhists) to be restored. A failed Faith Healing with focus6 would need a more severe penance such as donating a week of community service in the name of your god, or a 3 day fast with nothing but water/juice (with an associated penalty to the body stat while fasting).
MIRACLE RESULTS[edit]
Each miracle has a table that details the result of different width successes (in general Width 2 = minimal success, Width 3 = adequate success, Width 4 = Good success, Width 5 = Spectacular success).
EXAMPLE MIRACLES[edit]
- Bless
- Focus3
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- Width2
- Width3
- Width4
- Width5
- Faith Healing
- Focus6
-
- Width2
- Width3
- Width4
- Width5
- Cure Disease
- Focus7
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- Width2
- Width3
- Width4
- Width5
- Exorcise
- Focus9
-
- Width2
- Width3
- Width4
- Width5
