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I have a quick question on spell casting. Is their a limit on how many spells someone can cast per day or per scene. I ask this question because I have just run the Desperate Measures adventure and during the adventure the party’s Sorcerer -Priest of Sarish just cast the Diminish Fatigue Spell spell over and over during the final scene. Now everyone greatly enjoyed the game and we all had fun but it just seemed odd to us.

There is no rules limit on the number of times one may cast a spell beyond the practical limits imposed by Speed and Strain. Using the same spell over and over is completely allowed. I tend to mix things up a bit, but that is a personal preference. The odd feeling is probably a result of experience playing other game systems, it never feels odd for the warrior to swing his sword every time.

Question #2:
Blade Upon the Wind talent (pg. 187), a Limited Talent which is provided by the Initiate of the Tal Kanath (Dancer of the Elements) Path (pg. 285), has a Tier III and a Tier IV associated with it. The problem: Acquiring the Talent no longer makes it a “limited” talent for one to access again, nor does the Initiate of the Tal Kanath Path provide it again for further access. Is this an oversight or was this Talent meant to be taken once allowing the following Tiered abilities to auto-include once a character reaches the appropriate level?

As always, thank you for taking the time to ponder my inquiry,Just gave me a great idea.

Question #1:
Regarding Equipment and Gear Quality: Pg. 231 of the main rule book states that Fine quality equipment adds +1 to rolls involving the associated skill (if any) and Exceptional quality equipment lowers the encumbrance value by 1 (to a minimum of 1) along with the benefits of Fine quality.

How does this affect a Backpack (besides the obvious -1 to Encumbrance)? Will the quality of an Exceptional Backpack permit another benefit (say such as a greater carrying capacity?) since it will not give a skill bonus? More importantly, what impact might this Exceptional Backpack have in the Living Campaign (if at all)?

Fine would do.. well.. it would look real good…

Exceptional would reduce the encumbrance to 1, which is nice.

Question #2:
Blade Upon the Wind talent (pg. 187), a Limited Talent which is provided by the Initiate of the Tal Kanath (Dancer of the Elements) Path (pg. 285), has a Tier III and a Tier IV associated with it. The problem: Acquiring the Talent doesn’t remove the “limited” quality from the it for one to access again, nor does the Initiate of the Tal Kanath Path provide it again for further access. Is this an oversight or was this Talent meant to be taken once allowing the following Tiered abilities to auto-include once a character reaches the appropriate level?

becoming an Initiate of the Tal Kanath should remove the limited tag for you..

I’ll include it in the current errata.. easy fix

It seems to me that Guarded Attack would make the most sense as a melee maneuver, but it doesn’t specifically say melee anywhere in the description. Could a character do a Guarded Attack with a ranged weapon?

BumpWell, I’ll give my $.02…

Since this is a base attack option, and it leaves off any description of melee vs. Ranged, I’d say yes, it can be used with ranged attacks. I see it this way, While still attacking an opponent, you are diverting a portion of your attention to protecting yourself. As a result, you are less likely to hit your target, but you are also less likely to get hit. I think it works.

Scott

I vaguely recall (I do not remember where exactly) that in the Living Campaign that crafters and crafting isn’t really permitted due to the lack of time dedicated to the craft because of adventuring. If so is true, are Paths that require crafting allowed for the Living Campaign? Specifically is the Path Discipulus Geometricus (FiMII, pg. 49) a Living Campaign allowable Path to take?

Thanks,

Pardon if this was already asked previously as I was not able to find any related threads concerning this subject. If this has already been addressed, please forward me the link (Thank you ).

Puglist Talent (pg. 204, Main rule book) states your unarmed attacks deal d4(Mi) damage.

The spell Body of the Warrior (pg. 367, Main rule book) states “For the remainder of the Scene, your unarmed attacks deal d4(Mi) damage and you gain Natural AR 2.”

My question, seeing how these are two different sources. How does this Talent and Spell interact with each other. Seeing how the Spell’s adaptation allow one to bump the unarmed damage die up by one, would the spell inturn bump the unarmed damage by a die when coupled with Puglist? Add +1? Does Jack and Squat (Jack just left the scene)? Or ….. ?

How would this spell also interact with weapons that increase unarmed damage (Cestus and Gauntlet)?

Thank you in advanced,

So it won’t do anything initially, but it will bump the damage if applying the Spell’s adaptation ….

Good to know. Thank you