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[phenexian]

HI I'm new so please be pacient, I'm aware some of these questions are probably stupid.

When a character with weird science loses an artifact he built can he rebuild it with out an XP cost?

When you add caustic dammage to a gun, does it change the current damage type to caustic, or does it mean that if it hits it also does caustic damage equal to the amount of caustic damage bought? (I hope I phraised that correctly)

When you cast a magic spell is the number you have to overcome for the extended action equal to the rank of the spell?

Do spells such as drain life require a ritual first before casting them?(The rules are realy unclear about magic as a whole)

Can you use animal handling skill to tame dinosaurs, if so how do the mechanics work?

[CharlieBananas]

Hello and welcome, don't worry you're among friends!

First thing we should do is determine what books you have, just HEX? or do you also have Secrets of the Surface World? Secrets goes into more detail and changes a few things.

If a player has paid experience points for something he should never lose it for very long, if he is to go without it for an entire session then i would award style points. If you realise that a player has created an item that is just too powerful or wrecking your game then explain to them, tone it down or take it away and give them back the xp. I would also allow a player to break down their own inventions to get back the xp and create new stuff.
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Mike Smith

[phenexian]

I have hex and ssw, but the rules mention nothing about the difficulty level that has to be supassed in order to for successes to be counted towards the total.
And when I was talking about rebuilding artifacts without paying the xp again, i meant that if the enemy targeted it in combat and it was destroyed, would the weird scientist be able to rebuild it without spending xp during down time.

[Prof_Scrumtumbler]

[CharlieBananas]

[phenexian]

thanks for all the help, . Just a few more questions,

If spells have no difficulty, what stops spell casters just fire off high level spells over and over again. I.E why use lower level spells.

Also in HEX there is a table about characters Attitude to PCs, does this work with animals? (Does one have to reach ally with an animal in order to tame it?)

Using weird science. When you add caustic dammage to a gun, does it change the current damage type to caustic, or does it mean that if it hits it also does caustic damage equal to the amount of caustic damage bought?

[CharlieBananas]

I'll let the Prof handle Magic, I don't really use it in my game

Mysteries handles it with talents - Animal Affinity and Beast rider. You could handle it using the table, I would add a style point cost and make sure the animal only sticks around for a scene. If the player wants something more long lasting then create the creature using the "Allies" talent.

I would say it adds the number of caustic damage you bought, but it is unclear.
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Mike Smith

[Prof_Scrumtumbler]

[phenexian]

Thanks, you've realy cleared allot up for me. One last thing, SSW has example inventions (including those in the adventure) that have enhansements and flaws that arn't in the lists ie. explosive, highly flamable, all-or-nothing speed, user requirements and adding life drain attack. Is there a list of other modifications out there that I could use? Because some of those are pretty cool. Especialy user requirements which seem less like a flaw an more like a safety measure.
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After one year away, Phenexian returns to the Hollow Earth. His cloaths heavily worn, his jaw now bares an impressive beard and he wields his Stego-tail spear with a strength and grace that he had only dreamed of before. In short, he came back a man.

[CharlieBananas]

I'm at work and away from my books, off the top of my head the only other list of enhancements I can think of is for magic item creation, is that in Mysteries?
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Mike Smith

[phenexian]

I wouldn't know, I don't have mysteries.
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After one year away, Phenexian returns to the Hollow Earth. His cloaths heavily worn, his jaw now bares an impressive beard and he wields his Stego-tail spear with a strength and grace that he had only dreamed of before. In short, he came back a man.

[CharlieBananas]

I think life drain can be added with the enhancment that lets you add a Talent. I'll look when I get home.
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Mike Smith

[phenexian]

I don't see how, life drain ia a ritual, not a talent. But I was realy looking for a list of other enhansements and limmitations, that weren't listed in the book.
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After one year away, Phenexian returns to the Hollow Earth. His cloaths heavily worn, his jaw now bares an impressive beard and he wields his Stego-tail spear with a strength and grace that he had only dreamed of before. In short, he came back a man.

[Prof_Scrumtumbler]

Mr. Bananas is right that an arcane artifact can use use sorcery rituals as enhancement is indeed covered in Mysteries. (The short story is that the Enhancement level = the ritual level)

The real answer is that you can make up any enhancement or drawback that seems to fit the need and is approved by the GM. As a rule of thumb, compare what you want it to do to a similar talent: if it is about the same, it is +2 enhancements and just go from there. You can also sometimes combine lots of things to get what you want: in the sample adventure in the back of Secrets, the "rod of anubis" artifact achieves the drain life effect with a combination of other enhancements.

For highly flammable you can call it double damage from any attacks that are explosive or flame-related. You can also use it as an excuse to have a big, explosive finish to a fight aboard an airship with this drawback.
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[phenexian]

Ah, OK. Thanks. Time to construct a solar powered mechanical beetle with a lazer gun! Muhahahahaha!!!

(Also, would all or nothing speed have any mechanical penalties? Because it doesn't seem to be much of a drawback to me)
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After one year away, Phenexian returns to the Hollow Earth. His cloaths heavily worn, his jaw now bares an impressive beard and he wields his Stego-tail spear with a strength and grace that he had only dreamed of before. In short, he came back a man.