http://www.virilneus.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:50:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I call this a bug, because it would seem unintended, unless you intend all professions with AURA or DISCIPLINE as a prime stat to have a TP penalty, which has been fully taken into account in regards to game balance and mangler costs (I doubt it). But, by all means, if ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2011/03/27/training-point-factoring-bug/ E-Lore Review is MIA. And I don't remember 405 even being in the preview, but I feel strongly it needs work. It takes skill into account almost not at all, and in general just works pass fail. But rest assured, I've worked it all out: When cast on yourself/others/monsters Works as currently ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2011/03/27/405-proposal/ I've done this before, this is updated. If a GM did decide to ever work on our profession. This is a cheat sheet for getting them started. I would say most of the items on here have broad agreement among sorcerer players, some are just my ideas though. 701 Blood Burst NO ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2010/03/25/2010-sorcerer-review/ I recall seeing someone post that they wish sorcerers had an easier way of getting mana because sacrifice is so marginal. I personally think sacrifice could merely be tweaked. And we had a really productive brainstorm about it maybe like 18 months ago, or 2 years ago, before Evarin quit anyways. ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2010/03/01/750-deadpool/ I don't know why I post this, no one cares. But I was thinking more on this last night. Our profession sucks, it needs work, it needs work in a bad way. We pay the highest cost for the lowest abilities. Unlike wizards with 2 unique circles, and empaths/clerics with 1 ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/10/16/updated-curse-proposal/ Simutronics has a rather stupid forum system, things are not archived, they eventually pass into oblivion with no record. One might think that, perhaps, this allows someone to act like impressively dumb and that there will only be a short term memory of their purposeful stupidity. Sometimes though, you just ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/08/24/the-biggest-idiot-in-gemstone/ Sorcerers have the most expensive training costs of any pure, especially in the lore category. Wizards get bonuses to casting some spells when their familiars are present, why not allow sorcerers to do the same with demons? Let having a demon summoned provide a enhancive +20 demon lore ranks (plus or minus X ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/07/20/demon-lore-bonuses/ If 409 and 415 are going to get multi target additions added, these being minor circle spells. I think time is right to revisit chain reaction DC as an improvement to our supposedly superior professional circle. The concept behind DC is that it is a a chain reaction within the target's ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/07/20/chain-reaction-dc/ Sorcery sucks. There are deep faults running through the profession that go to the design of GS4 at it's core. Keep the utter lack of improvements and GM attention, and the very very sparse development over the last decade, going so bad that Melissa, then PM, had to apologize to us ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/07/05/give-sorcerers-minor-mental/ I collected data from myself to get a decent sample size. All casts are on an Ithzir Seer, if you want to view the raw data, which includes critical data (if someone wants to analyze criticals, or compare damage only when the critical is the same, have it) go here. Otherwise, ... http://www.virilneus.com/blog/2009/06/18/719-lore-benefit-research/