Ulla Taalasmaa

These are great books, but why are there no thief occupation included?

2 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

It was never possible in any earlier edition, so I didn't think it would be added (the designers like to stick hard to RQ2), and when it was brought up, it was shot down by Jeff. Although like you say, strictly going by the most likely interpretation of the text itself, the best interpretation is probably that it should work.

Ok. That explains it. I remembered that the 3rd edition would have had a similarly worded rule to boost spells with magic points.

10 hours ago, Akhôrahil said:

I like it in principle, but I'm concerned about the balance issue. Slapping an Extended Shield 10 on you for a season was bad enough before, but at least it could be dispelled by someone else at your power level. Add 60 MPs worth of boosting, and that Shield stays up.

Similarly, if you pre-cast a big Sword Trance, it's probably worth using 10 MP or so for defensive boosting.

Shield 10 is hard to be dispelled. You must use 10 rune points and you don't know how big the shield is. What if you use 10 points and your opponent has an 11 point shield. A better option to do yourself shield 10 or some offensive spell boost with magic points. Sunspear can act as a shield 10 against  without a boost. And I think the problem is more the goodness of the shield and the sword trance than this rule.

It’s a good thing that you can protect yourself if you fly with spells. Otherwise, all flying spells would be dropped to death.

I am a little surprised that so many people thought that the magic points are not allowed to use  to boost spells  harder to dispel or dismiss. Where had you come to the notion that it is not possible, even though it read in the rulebook.

On 5/15/2020 at 5:07 AM, davecake said:

Yes. This is not in the rules. Some people believe it, but there is no reason to think it is. 

Of course, if you want it as a house rule, go ahead. 

This was in the rules.

9 hours ago, Luxus said:

Thanks for the replies.

So instead of
"A caster may always use additional magic points to boost a spell, regardless of type. This is typically done to overcome a Countermagic or Shield spell, or other magical defenses."
the correct wording for the rule should be
"A caster may always use additional magic points to boost a spell, regardless of type. This only affects the chances to overcome a Countermagic or Shield spell, or other magical defenses." ???

i think you can boost additional magic points any spell to make it harder to dispel or dismiss. If you have protection 2 and you use 1 additional magic point. Removing the spell requires dispel magic 3. Without additional magic points it would be enough to cast  dispel magic 2. However, the protection 2 spell will only give you 2 points of armor, no matter how many magic points you boost.