[PnP] Magic users in P&P are as weak as AD&D magicians

[Paul L. Ming]

Hiya.

  On a side note...

  Has anyone else implemented some sort of 'balancing factor' with 
regards to wizards & armor? I did for my campaign, for all casters of 
Mana *and* innate powers that duplicate/mimic "spells". It's simple; for 
every AV point worn, the cost to cast goes up by that amount, squared. 
So with AV1, +1 mana/EnL. With AV 3, +9 mana/EnL. I ignore all magical 
bonuses to AV...only the "flat, non-magical AV of average armor" is used 
(so having AV 5 Chain still only counts as AV 3.

   I played with other variants...AV as a -1 to EL per AV, and 5% per AV 
chance of any failure automatically being Abysmal, etc. In the end, I 
liked the "AV squared as extra Mana"; simple and no extra dice rolling.

   I let priests cast spells *without* this extra MP drain, but _only_ 
when they are not in a rushed/combat situation (e.g., if casting a spell 
in combat, they pay extra; after the battle, with no more threats, 
casting doesn't cost extra). This gave the MU/Priest spell's an ever so 
slightly different flavour.

^_^

Paul L. Ming

PS: As to the original "P&P wizard = weak"...the opposite is what I've 
found. P&P wizards (spells, basically) are easily on-par with AD&D ones 
at a minimum....usually they are FAR more powerful in my experience.




On 02-May-14 12:32 PM, Burton Choinski wrote:
> Actually, a funny joke in my group is that when they show up against 
> the enemy, the question is "Which one is the wizard?"
>
> The Law wizard is still kind of a Brute; He put into his physical 
> stats because he rolled supernatural Intelligence.
>
> Sort of a side effect of P&P's "more-or-less" classless system, since 
> wizards can wear armor and be equipped with fighter level weapons.
>

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