[projectaon] Re: Dawn of the Jewelled Mace
- From: David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:56:10 +0100
The phrase "for the duration of this combat" is surely purposefully
included specifically to make the point that this Psychic Ring ONLY works
for this combat, and not all the time! Why else would it say "for the
duration of this combat"?
On 12 August 2013 18:31, Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:05 PM, John TFS <johntfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If the Psychic Ring is supposed to replace/stand in for the Sommerswerd,
> > then it should have been a weapon like Special Item like the Psychic
> Short
> > Sword or Mind Mace or something. Either that or there should be a
> statement
> > that the Ring cannot be used in conjunction with the Sommerswerd due to
> > "conflicting energies or somesuch." However, the idea that the book
> refuses
> > to tell the player about the Ring's power when his own
> experience/abilities
> > should reveal it him is cheap and unfair. Figure the Kagonite Chainmail
> in
> > Book 12 is also like this - something to buff a beginning player.
> However,
> > if a veteran is "unlucky" enough to get it, he can still use it.
>
> The +8 CS bonus is only mention in section 214 where it states, "The
> power of the Psychic Ring increases your COMBAT SKILL by 8 points for
> the duration of the combat."
>
> http://www.projectaon.org/en/xhtml-simple/lw/09tcof.htm#sect214
>
> It's not clear that this bonus is intended to be used outside of this
> single combat. Contrast this language with how the powers of the
> Sommerswerd are presented in Fire on the Water:
>
> http://www.projectaon.org/en/xhtml-simple/lw/02fotw.htm#sect79
>
> I don't know that we can say authoritatively that the Psychic Ring
> gives you a +8 CS bonus elsewhere any more than we can say the +3 CS
> bonus for the Jewelled Mace that started this discussion applies
> outside of the combat with Roark's ghost.
>
> --
> Jon
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