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[quote user="Sojko"]So if I want to use WST to create an EI,[/quote] We allow the direct shaping of exotic components via WST as long as the exotic component is just an exotic component, like the Love a Mountain Has for the Sky or frozen lightning, and not something that has it's own artifact properties like the natural artifacts found
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[quote user="The Demented One"]That, more than any fleeting notion of sacred and inviolable RAW, is what's important for charm design.[/quote] I don't think RAW is sacred or inviolable; I've posted quite a few house rules on the wiki. My point is that discussions must begin assuming RAW is the framework of discussion, and if that's
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Assuming RAW, no.
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[quote user="The Demented One"] universally known to be needing errata[/quote] [quote user="nick012000"]Zeal's not that bad, really. [/quote] Obviously it's not universally known. I'm sure everyone who frequents these forums knows there's a vocal group who believe it needs errata, but any changes made are still house
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[quote user="Aquillion"]Because there are charms in DotFA that it is not possible to balance around.[/quote] Then at the beginning of the critique, the writer's should state their house rules. I'm not opposed to people saying "Well, we ignore X, Y, & Z, so this Charm wouldn't work in our game because..." My objection
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[quote user="The Demented One"]This is generally true. In the case of Dreams Solar charms, it is not. Until we get errata, charm design has to assume discanon for those, in the same way that Glories did. [/quote] As I wrote before, assuming house rules when critiquing any custom designed thing isn't practical since everyone needs to have
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[quote user="Sojko"]If you think that bad design is a good reference, please go ahead, don't mind me. But don't bother asking for my advice. [/quote] Beside RAW, do you have another common reference that everybody on these forums has access to? My statement doesn't condone using the poor material, which is found in every book published
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[quote user="Sojko"]Reinforcing a problem caused by badly designed charms/spell is not a good idea. And saying "it is not significantly worse than this stupid DotFA solar charm" is not a good argument for solid charm design. [/quote] IMO, Charms design and critiques on the forums have to assume RAW, whether we like it or not. (And
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[quote user="Sojko"]0_0 So, you can use this not only to learn any TCS spell without a tutor, but also without any training time and as a Training effect that can send you in XP debt ? Arg. [/quote] Yes. Spells can be piled on through the use of other Charms or spells as well (Gift of Knowledge, DotFA training Charms), so that's not a
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[quote user="Sojko"]Steel Scorpion Style ! [/quote] Nice name. Is this a style somebody has already written up or just a suggestion for my idea?