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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
happy to just drop the Will/energy cost or hard limits and just concentrate on
recharge annoyances. Much simpler.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004>|| I agree with the increased cost for
stashing mana, it sounds good. 1:1 would work in your own purified sanctum, at
best, but on the road or in hostile turf, it should cost more.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I can
go with this, as long as we are talking an area that has had the purify spell
cast on it. In any case, there should be a time to recharge, and I'm
suprised I did not think of it before -- the rate as specified in the spell
itself. For items with a a bound spirit, you use the Will/10 of the spirit
plust the MEL of the battery itself. For soulless items You hav eto put
the mana in, but at no faster a rate than YOUR will/10 plus the MEL of the
battery. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let's
skip the mana bleed. It does add makework for the GM.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004>|| What if the mana battery limited Casting
Speed? It can give, say, no more mana than EL (modified somehow) per phase and
MEL per turn</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think this is a very good idea, but it should only be used as a cap. Just
use the MEL and EL of the battery on the casting table, with the resulting
speed the fastest you can draw from the battery (you could draw less).
This will make it undesireable to have a bunch of low-EL cheap
batteries. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR><SPAN class=008564012-10022004>||
A</SPAN>lso, I like the "Money Pit". I think 1 SC in new materials for 10 Mana
Recharged is a fair expense to load it up.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=008564012-10022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That
may be a bit high. If we limit recharge to the rate from the spell, and
that is over a DAY (i.e. if the battery has a recharge rate of 6, you can put in
1 mana every 4 hours. You can't just pile in 6 mana and then go off and do
your chores. At best you can use half the time on other things (Like
sleeping, eating, etc). Basically, recharging a battery kills your day,
and a mage that is mothering his batteries isn't making any money or training
anything. I think that's harsh enough for the flexibility they grant
you.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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