Somic
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The "your spell has been added to the core curriculum of all Colleges" line is so much sweeter in this context (about MAPP).
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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Haha wow what even is that spell? I'd get it if it lasted five minutes, but a whole year?
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I mean, if you really want somebody to kill another body, specifically It's probably one of the better tools for the job.
but one imagines the issue Boney raises here is the niche factor and whole "spell as a murder weapon" part of it: outside of "Assassination(both character and literal)" or "I need an alibi" it really doesn't look like it has much use case.
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Somic
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what if somebody wanted to make an offbrand Death Note but had only aqshy to work with
I could almost see that spell working as an object lesson: "This is what happens when you shove Aqshy into the brains of the unprepared. You will be shoving Aqshy into your own brain for the rest of your life. Be prepared."
Feels like something that would cause tons of collateral damage and unwanted complications.
Imagine if it was cast on two Elector Counts or two Lord Magisters.
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So are there extremely robust measures to stop people from using this to pull your entire country into civil war by making all the kingdoms of Ulthan hate each other, or is there one Bright Magister who's responsible for casting this on every known skaven name once a year?
Argument: estalia would be fine, barely notice.
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Yea. Let's start with every possible Elector Count combination.
Those guys always send armies at each other instead of getting into fisticuffs themselves like reasonable people.
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I mean, the skaven probably wouldn't even notice. It makes you want to kill them, not compels you to do it...that's just how skaven are already.
Other people might have problems.
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It does not work on Skaven at all.
They always try to kill each other.
You almost have to invent some drawback or limitation to this thing if you want things to make sense, huh. I see that that this has a material component of "three drops of the target's blood" in the source material, maybe that could be a necessary requirement rather than something that makes the spell easier to cast? Still powerful, but at least it means that bringing down a kingdom requires more than a phone book.
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I was making the opposite joke, that skaven are only trying to kill each other because someones constantly casting it on them.
Sorry if that didn't come across.
Where's the "utterly terrified" react when you need one?
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View: https://youtu.be/M5MIhBsB50M?feature=shared
I can't seem to find a way to share specific time on it so just click to 83 seconds yourself
More seriously, I guess that's why having a court wizard is so important and why black magisters have like zero survival rate.
The Old World when a good schemer casts Burning Vengeance in mass:
View: https://youtu.be/pZCtSq3yDPs?si=VdSl4GvYWjYAsXPk
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I'm with mathymancer on this one, as-written Burning Vengeance is ill-considered.
The spell doesn't indicate that you need to know the targets, or what they look like, if the names have to be birth names, or even a distance restriction. It's not even super noticeable to other wizards within five miles that you're casting it, unlike some of the other powerful spells in the RP.
Even if you turned this into a ritual (which I think would be more fitting), it'd still be terribly powerful.
The spell doesn't indicate that you need to know the targets, or what they look like, if the names have to be birth names, or even a distance restriction. It's not even super noticeable to other wizards within five miles that you're casting it, unlike some of the other powerful spells in the RP.
Even if you turned this into a ritual (which I think would be more fitting), it'd still be terribly powerful.
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Or: Burning Vengeance is an entirely fake spell. The only thing it actually does, contrary to its description, is to alert the Magisters responsible for teaching it exactly which student tried to cast Burning Vengeance.
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WFRP 2e: Realms of Sorcery page 146, Burning Vengeance
How does the Empire have enemies when it can just get them to all kill each other?
That's the Funny reaction - it's a person screaming.
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Presumably by being extremely suspicious of anyone who suggests bloodletting as a medical practice?
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As written I think Burning Vengeance is a GM plot hook.
Somic
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> Casting time: 1 minuteWFRP 2e: Realms of Sorcery page 146, Burning Vengeance
I thought there was a line of sight requirement for this spell, but nah, just names. I then went to see if spells required line of sight by default like in 4e, but no, in 2e the default is that line of sight is needed only for magic missiles.
How does the Empire have enemies when it can just get them to all kill each other?
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They say that Asavar Kul was betrayed mid-battle by one of his lieutenants. Now that might just be chaos being chaos, but if it wasn't, that might explain why it's in the Bright College spellbook. It might also explain why noone took credit for his death as well.
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Ohh hang on, can we slot this into for the origin of the War of the Beard?
Nobody would have been in a better posiition than Malekith to get blood samples from both sides. And it could be difficult to spot the difference between a dwarf with a severe grudge and a dwarf magically compelled to seek vengeance, the in ability to articulate the grudge would be the only real sign.
Nobody would have been in a better posiition than Malekith to get blood samples from both sides. And it could be difficult to spot the difference between a dwarf with a severe grudge and a dwarf magically compelled to seek vengeance, the in ability to articulate the grudge would be the only real sign.
