08-26-2015, 08:13 AM
Quote:Was thinking of it, but frankly I'm not convinced that wouldn't result in it breaking. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to properly implement the truncheon as a move.Omniphysics means your wooden truncheon is just as durable as that metal sword, because it's a prime's weapon. It's just shorter range (but assumedly thus stronger than a similar long-range weapon because balance). Thus you can beat people to death with your wooden truncheon. If you feel so inclined to be very un-warlockey.
Otherwise if you only intend to use it as a conduit for your spells, don't worry about purchasing it as a move.
Quote:when it comes to numbers, I'd actually wish to defer to you on that one, as I wasn't completely clear on how the undead could be used. if you could name a number you'd deem appropriate, I'd have no problems agreeing with whatever you deemed, though 5-10 was generally what I was expecting to be able to use.Well having 5-10 undead would make it a strong move so you would need significant downsides. If he can summon more than one undead at once as well by putting in more energy or whatever that would add 300 to the cost because it's more variable.
The undead would be able to last for a long duration, so it's definitely not a limiting factor on their part.
The undead wouldn't take much energy to keep alive, but would take a moderate amount to summon each one. As a result while he could probably build a reasonable retainer of them, actually replacing them in the middle of combat would be more difficult. He would probably have to spend a turn focusing to raise each one.
He commands the undead via his remote control ability, as they're essentially magic forced into a corpse and bound to his will. As a result, they do require mental focus for more than the simplest of tasks, such as operating simple machines and etc.
the "unliving shield" part was merely clever(or so I'd like to think) wordplay, I merely meant that they were capable of taking hits in Raal's place and standing between him and his foe.
As you have it currently, here's how I would price the move.
300-summoning an undead that can be remotely controlled for basic stuff such as grabbing, moving, essentially a physical manifestation of his remote control.
+300 for summoning multiple or controlling multiple simultaneously.
+300 for biting/scratching attacks
+300 for using swords
+300 for using bows
You would, however, need to severely limit the strength of the undead or make the downsides more severe (than it currently states in the description, at least) in order to have it how you want. Definitely include the part about requiring mental focus to make them do what you want, very especially if it's more than one. I think simply having a moderate amount of time/energy to summon each one should be fine, since I would think that one severe downside is that this singularly strong attack from a prime could probably disable a single zombie, making it pretty easily foiled dependent on how you word this. I guess it depends on how strong/weak they are. If you can add more detail to the description then we can fine-tune this as needed.
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