Report 553

Report #553
Skillset: Highmagic Skill: Kether
 Org: Institute Status: Completed Feb 2011
Furies' Decision:
Will allow targetting gems which will drain charges
Problem: Kether and Violet are considered unacceptable in regards to combating
Researcher gemstones. The biggest problem is the inability to target specific
gemstones and have a marked and noticeable effect on those gemstones. By
comparison, other Guardian archetype entities may be targeted by name and killed
in relatively few hits. This proposal seeks to allow gemstones to be targeted
individually while still maintaining the uniqueness of Researcher "entities".
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow: EVOKE KETHER SEVER <target> <gemstone>. Allow:
 INVOKE VIOLET SEVER <target> <gemstone>. When a
 gemstone is targeted specifically, that gemstone
 becomes "stunned" for 20 seconds but continues to
 lose charges while stunned. While the stone is
 stunned, it does not proc its effects. When the 20s
 elapses, the gemstone becomes unstunned but is
 automatically deactivated.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: In addition to the above, allow a Researcher to
 "fortify" one gemstone against Kether and Violet
 attacks by crafting their CrystalWeapon from that
 gemstone. That means that only turquoise, jade,
 garnet, beryl, opal, onyx, bloodstone, amethyst and
 emerald may be protected in this way.
Player Comments:
---[Viynain on 2/3 @ 00:18 writes]:
From what I hear, it takes more than one Kether or Violet to deactivate a single
gem right now. With this report, will it be changed to be that I'll only have to
smack a Diamond gem once to lead to its deactivation or will I have to smack it
multiple times still? Of course, I might be wrong about how Violet/Kether works
on a single gem right now, so clarification would be great.
---[Iytha on 2/3 @ 01:04 writes]:
Many questions: What occurs when someone targets a 'fortified' gemstone for
severence? Is this fortifying ability an addition to, or a replacement of the
current charge bonus? Does this cost mana/equilibrium on failure? Can it be done
through shields? Will it be able to target rubies, ie. EVOKE KETHER SEVER ME
RUBY to remove a ruby on self without movement? Will this change also effect the
gem severing skills in transmology and psionics? Will having a gem stunned
prevent someone from spinning a new one, or only activating the gem? Expected
answers are: Nothing, addition, no to both, no, no, yes and yes respectively,
but we should probably consider allowing people to sever gems through shield
because of diamond.
---[Prav on 2/3 @ 05:05 writes]:
RE: Viynain-- Currently, Kether/Violet target a single, random gemstone in the
target's crystalplex. When hit, they remove roughly 5 charges from that gemstone
and deactivate it. Re-activating the gemstone is just a matter of crystalplex
activating it again, which requires balance but does not use it. With this
change, if you wanted to stop diamond, you would not need to target it multiple
times. A single, EVOKE KETHER PRAV DIAMOND would immediately "stun" the diamond
effect for 20s as well as deactivate the gemstone so that it has to be re-
activated after the stun period has elapsed.
---[Prav on 2/3 @ 05:10 writes]:
RE: Iytha-- If someone targets a fortified gemstone to sever, they will simply
receive a failure message. Whether this takes balance or not I will leave up to
the administration. The 'fortify' ability would be inherent and in addition to
the current crystalweapon gemstone effect. In regards to shield, it would
respect all of the same mechanisms currently in place and function identically
in that respect. It will not be able to target rubies, at present, for two
reasons: 1) it is not completely removing the gemstone from the crystalplex so
the ruby would still be there, 2) it targets a crystal in the crystalplex of the
target, rubies are spun around someone else but are not mechanically a part of
that target's crystalplex. Having a gemstone stunned would prevent spinning a
new one since the target would not be able to spin a new gemstone due to already
having that gemstone in their crystalplex.
---[Fillin on 2/24 @ 08:29 writes]:
Not sure I understand. You lose the effect of the gem for 20 seconds, but after
that you can reraise it for no balance?
---[Raeri on 2/26 @ 08:28 writes]:
How many hits does it take to drop the other guardian entourage counterparts?