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Mage: The Ascension 2nd Edition Improvised Spell Helper
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Advanced Potency and Withstand Ratings #2

Open Eunomiac opened 6 years ago

Eunomiac commented 6 years ago

Great app! Even knowing the rules, it makes it very easy to keep track of the various decisions and numbers while crafting a spell.

The way Withstand ratings are calculated seems a bit wonky when you switch to Advanced Potency while Potency is Primary Factor. If you fiddle with it for just a few seconds you'll quickly see what I mean: The Withstand ratings listed near Potency on the Factors page jump from negative numbers to positive numbers inconsistently for Withstand ratings lower than 2, and the spell summary doesn't take the Advanced Potency reduction into account when declaring how much Potency you need to overcome the Withstand.

voidstate commented 6 years ago

Hi

I just uploaded some changes. Are you still seeing these issues?

Cheers

Fergus

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Great app! Even knowing the rules, it makes it very easy to keep track of the various decisions and numbers while crafting a spell.

The way Withstand ratings are calculated seems a bit wonky when you switch to Advanced Potency. If you fiddle with it for just a few seconds you'll quickly see what I mean: The Withstand ratings listed near Potency on the Factors page jump from negative numbers to positive numbers inconsistently, and the spell summary doesn't take the Advanced Potency into account when declaring how much Potency you need to overcome the Withstand.

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Eunomiac commented 6 years ago

I think the issue is a lack of clarity, perhaps. Advanced Potency doesn't affect the Withstand ability of the subject at all---its only benefit is that it makes your own spells harder to dispel, by giving your spells +2 Withstand.

So Advanced Potency shouldn't have any impact on the numbers at all. Maybe add a note to the end to the effect of, "Advanced Potency grants +2 to Withstand attempts to dispel this spell" (and the footnote at the bottom of the Advanced Potency table also suggests Advanced Potency helps you beat the Withstand of your subject).

Glacialis commented 6 years ago

Can confirm, issue is still present. Only affects spell's Withstand vs dispellation, not the Withstand of a subject. MtA 2nd, p 113, last sentence under Potency.