Re: OOC 3
One thing I want to go into as we finalize our wrap up here with powers.
On the topic of new powers (not extensions of powers), they are new and not as developed as your current powers. Therefore they won't be as reliable or strong etc. We have been borrowing from both systems but I think RQII does a good job of balancing new powers that we will use. The Brp has an easy system for super powers that is already is already in place.
For those of us other than Kirby who is straight superpowers we need to understand that our new:
Chi, psionic, magic, spirit power will be at a lower skill rating. So if you have an 80% in all of your powers because of a skill your new powers (remember they are new, not tested, not experienced, but new) will gain a new skill associated with the power(s) that can be leveled up. I am allowing the skill bonuses to also directly effect that new power by the way. So we aren't looking at your new power being at 25%.
RQII has a grouping of spells that are bunched together in a spell book called a grimoire. Each new time a magic user gains new spells they are from a new grimoire that they have to train. So a powerful sorcerer could have 5 different grimoire a at different levels of ability based on how he trains them. Orlando has already gone through this process as he is a sorcerer. Know that not all of his spells are equal. All of his new ones are at 50-65% range.
Are we going to call our powers grimoires...no. But we should develope new names for our skills that govern our new powers like:
Chi Immolation Skill:, Psychic Sensitive Skill:, and so forth. The good news is that as we get stronger and advance our skills powers that call in the same family will get to use that skill percentage even if you have pumped the crap out of it.
Only Brand new powers will have new skills associated. I have given everybody 1 at the end of this chapter and I think one last year (which I am letting go and not caring about the skill rating as we were all learning the system. )
This hopefully makes sense to everyone. We shouldn't use our new powers until I have checked everything out so please let me know when you r ready.