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i don't think there is strictly speaking any such thing as a spell damage test. there are effect tests, some of which are used to determine the amount of damage a spell deals, but not actual damage tests. i could be wrong though.

it is presumably the same process as for keeping light crystals alive, i would think.

i would suspect a major element would also be what you're using it on. there's a big difference where i live at least between poisoning rats or insects and poisoning humans or dogs (especially dogs that are pets, but i think people would react much more strongly to poisoning wild dogs around here th...

wait, they chose falling rocks as their symbol?

talk about tempting fate. haven't they ever heard the "rocks fall, everyone dies" meme?

i'm not a dev, but on your 4th question, presuming you meant heat sight... thermal vision does not generally speaking penetrate solid objects. if you are on one side of a wall, and there is a person on the other side of the wall, you will not see them unless perhaps they've been leaning against the ...

yeah, i'd say the challenge mostly isn't in becoming aware of a high circle adept (they're probably quite famous), it's getting to actually meet them (a lot of them will either be out adventuring or have various intermediaries that they work through) and persuading them to take you on as a student w...

hmmm... you could try making it like spells, where you have to pay legend points to have a certain specific spirit on call. you could even require weaving a thread to the spirit. in fact, either of those options could be suitable in knack form; you take a summoning talent knack for the specific spir...

i can see why spirit summoning talent would be of limited use in combat situations, but there should be plenty of non-combat situations where half an hour to set up should be perfectly fine (including at least occasionally being able to prepare for a specific combat situation that you know is coming...

a while back, i noticed that 4th edition magicians get fewer spell matrices and was at first confused why. as part of my efforts to figure out why, i started comparing spells as well and i noticed something... there are a *lot* fewer spells i was excited to have prepared from the earlier edition i o...

that seems to have worked for me