Report 346

Report #346
Skillset: Lowmagic Skill: Blue
 Org: Moondancers Status: Completed Aug 2010
Furies' Decision:
Effect kept, 10 DMP for asphyxiation given as well.
Problem: Blue, at current, has very little to no practical use while being an
Expert rank skill. It's hard to even find someone who can give a list of what
Blue actually blocks in terms of eavesdropping. For the rank it is at, it
deserves to be much more useful than it is.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Keep the current effect of blocking eavesdropping and
 give it 15 asphyxiation DMP.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Remove the eavesdropping effect and give Blue 20
 asphyxiation DMP.
Player Comments:
---[Raeri on 7/20 @ 10:37 writes]:
Sure, why not. Solution 1, go for it.
---[Xenthos on 8/9 @ 03:29 writes]:
Well, the 'why not' is obvious-- there are skills that use asphyxiation damage
which this is pretty clearly aimed at. Further, there is already 100%
protection against asphyxiation using hold breath. That said, hold breath can
be very unwieldy, and there is little other protection against asphyx except it,
so I'd be fine with a 0-10DMP modified based on amount learned in LowMagic (as
other modified DMP goes), along with its current effect. Gives more reason to
keep learning.
---[Talan on 8/9 @ 13:12 writes]:
I think I'd rather see the skill just work better for what it was intended for,
to block eavesdropping skills. Infiltrate, thoughtstealer, eavesdrop, bond
listen, etc.
---[Jayden on 8/9 @ 14:42 writes]:
I like solution 1 but lower dmp to 10
---[Narynth on 8/13 @ 01:43 writes]:
I'm with Talan here - expand the use of blue to include or better block entirely
those skills. Others to mention: eyes planted by Crow users, scrying pool,
anything that gives a listener the ability to hear that which is happening
outside of their own room.
---[Fillin on 8/16 @ 19:33 writes]:
Agree with Talan and Narynth. What blue supposedly already does is actually
really valuable. Just make sure it actually does it
---[Sahmiam on 8/18 @ 18:42 writes]:
Stealth Infiltrate should be excluded what Blue protects. It's inherently
different in nature from the other skills listed in that it requires the person
to be in the same room and only allows the user to hear CT and GT. From my
understanding, aetherchannels are more of a psychic based communication rather
than physical based, and as such, infiltration should bypass blue.<--->I'm also
a bit hesitant to have it block the more physical, non-magical skills. From an
RP sense (granted, this is Lusternia and we carry around 400 vials and 100
goats, etc), it doesn't make sense for blue to block eavesdropping as there is
no magic involved in the hearing. Something similar can be said for bond listen
as the dog isn't deafend, although you could say it interupts the bonding.
*shrug*
---[Inagin on 8/31 @ 16:07 writes]:
I think it should block all those things listed or none at all.