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Words of Command!
From the bad ideas thread:
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Optional: Allow characters with Channeling to Craft Words of Command/Horns using forges (and sufficient will)? Would make the ability much less useless than it currently is, and would allow for "enchanter" characters to be played without changing the game around too much. Last edited by Infinitum; August 8, 2014 at 11:16. |
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I don't see how this is any different from the current horn/staff system.
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This is actually one of my favorite scenes in the trilogy.
Instead of devices you have to carry around, it would be cool if it were actually just words that you spoke. So, my 2 cents would be to have a command ability tree, that pulled it's pre-requisites from your song and will scores in some kind of hybrid way. |
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What if words of power had other costs? e.g. hunger, health points, grace damage?
Edit: but I don't know of any evidence from the books that even the Noldor can speak Words of Command? This strikes me as a good thing to be conservative about. Last edited by bagori nd; August 8, 2014 at 03:34. |
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Of course, if one accepts that there is power in song, power in singular words isn't a big leap to make. I do agree that they should be more limited in use to mortals though, hence the rune setup (also an Odin throwback so there's some precedence in Tolkien's sources of inspiration). Quote:
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Another way to make them finite would be to make them drain grace, perhaps even have your choices of WoC dependent on Grace, so you could only use the more powerful words by buff-ing grace with a potion first.
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