At the moment, it's really just a thought experiment - but a fellow gamer named Dann recommended I take a look into it, and it's not worth sacrificing HEMA style-wise. Like, Eron was made to swing swords around in style. And there are a few skills that never saw any use for him.
There are, but they're not that many. It's one of the reasons I made Hand to Hand: HEMA in the first place.
If you go with Auto Dodge, it will not make you invulnerable to damage, just hard to hit. Area of effect attacks can still rock your world, along with other stuff to make it easier for your opponents to score a hit. I can work with this.
This game has really gone the distance! I am so happy to have shared this with you guys. Thank you for many years of fun!
Awesome, right?
Psychie
Snowy will definitely take whatever help Terra's willing to give him, including new spells! And thank you so much in advance for the help! =)
Silanon
Ah, you know that level difference takes a HUGE spike when your character ups a level? In other words, Sherwood is counting actual xp using my way of doing things in Robotech: Broadsword? You'll be 1st level now, but like... 7th-8th level in any system you choose now when next Eron levels!
My pleasure! In my tabletop Rifts games, folks would hardly ever use their second Martial Art system because it was so low-levelled. So, I took to looking at how much xp they gained between levels. Put that against the xp table of their class and - bang. You have what level they are in their second Martial Art system! It works great for me plus people use what they've rightly earned. =)
Spells can be tricky to learn, especially the higher level ones. The hard thing is to find a spellcaster that is willing to teach you, no matter the price. There are a few spellbooks out there, but they are rare.Concerning spells, unlike most D&D/Pathfinder games, here in this Rifts game, spells are a marketable commodity? One can spend credits and get lots of the low-level spells but higher-level spells cost in the hundreds of thousands and Spells of Legend, whatever those are, cannot be purchased? At least that's how it's described in the Rifts Ultimate Edition.
Sherwood, does your game differ in this?
Are there some spells you'd rather me not select for the sake of gameplay or balance?
Between all of the people and places we know, might there be rare spells we could quest for or otherwise attain?
I'm still trying to get a handle on how all this works.
Sometimes, you might be able to do a spell swap with another caster, exchanging knowledge to get a new spell that you lack.
Speaking as a real life martial artist, I have to add this in there. In general, I say learn a martial art because you genuinely like the culture surrounding the system as well as the system itself. I think someone's really robbing themselves when, for example, they take, say, Karate only for its powerful attacks and defenses. They do not look into what Karate is all about! What a shame this is!
I'm glad it's that way. There are a good number of things that I could not do half of my lifetime ago, that I can do now. And well. I busted my butt to learn and change myself for the better.
Yeah. I was getting that impression. They are magical secrets but they're also... like.... trading cards like Magic the Gathering or Pokemon. An odd combination of both, it seems! "Gotta catch 'em all!" Or however it goes!
Sherwood
I would like to somehow involve Japan in this. Not because Rifts Japan has any new spells (they don't). But that Eastern magic is somehow represented./silly on
Definitely the net. And obviously everything that reads "protect your dual-wielding friend or make him more badass".
*slaps his own forehead.* How did I not see that coming? =)
Sherwood
If Snowfall now uses the Ley Line Walker's ways, he can cast Invocation spells, right? Is he able to cast from any other style of magic (for lack of better word)?
Yes, any Invocation spell is valid for you to be able to learn/cast. Depending on the level of the spell, you'll need some extra PPE from willing (or unwilling) donors to provide it.
I like the idea of trying to find Eastern spells for him to cast, but I'm avoiding Chi magic entirely because of the rules you set down when I first created Snowfall concerning chi. You said no Chi combat. That very probably means no Chi Magic either, right?
Edit: If this is true, are there Eastern invocation spells that Snowfall could learn somewhere? He would visit Japan again if he needed to.
You are welcome!
Silanon
