Mana Batteries

[Alex Koponen]

Good idea.  And in the same section of rules is Intellect. Rules detail
an Intelligence of (EL+1)D10 with Eloquence and Empathy of (EL+1)D6 from
the spirit or demon trapped in the item.
  B4 p.33 mentions Intellect Rating as per B3. (Also mentions MDVx2). B3
p.17 doesn't clarify anything about Will. B3 Rules 6.96 and 6.97 have MDV
and EnL (both somewhat Will based) dependent upon Intellect and AHP.
However it is not enough to firmly base a statement about how much Will a
given Intellect has.
  Oh well, if we can't know for sure, we can still guess. Easiest guess
would be Will = Intelligence or (EL+1)D10. Having the Intelligent Mana
Battery generate Mana according to Rule 1.3272 would seem to be reasonable.

  I don't desire the mana leak complexity. It would slow the game down more
than its worth. Few would think it worth their time to make more than one
or two souless (non-self-charging) mana batteries. Particularly since the
Casting Ability still limits how much Mana they can cast in a day,
regardless of the Mana's source.

 - Alex

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 17:04:58 -0500, Choinski, Burton
<Burton.Choinski at MATRIXONE.COM> wrote:

>Thinking on the "runequest" way of things, Mana storage crystals could not
>generate their own Mana.  The caster had to recharge them back up.  Only if
>you bound an intelligence of some sort (somethering with a "will").
>
>Since "mana regen" is dependant on Will for players, and such soulless
>object have no Will, it cannot regenerate mana.  Now, bind some sort of
>demon into it, or make it intelligent and then you have something that can
>self-replenish.
>
>As to the quantity of mana storage, even with the need to have to fill the
>batteries up yourself, you don't want to see wizards hauling around tons of
>mana batteries ("Caddy, my 59 mana ring, please" :).
>
>I would think that a sort of energy maintenance would keep souless
>batteries in check.  If the caster had to devote 1 point from his energy
>level per day
>for each battery (otherwise it would leak 10%, of the current Mana) I think
>that would keep them in check.  Thus, having more than 1 or 2 starts to be
>a bother, even if you have apprentices to help.
>
>For souled objects, in order for it to recharge within any decent interval
>it's going to have to pretty willful, which imposes a natural danger factor
>on its own.
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>Burton Choinski