How many spells should an NPC have?

  • vanAdamme
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    Hi guys,

    Just looking for ideas on how to determine the strength of an NPC’s magic. I’m creating NPCs using the book rules but they’re a little vague on how many formula spells they should know.

    How do you guys do it?

    Cheers,
    vanAdamme

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  • ashwood
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    An adept is mainly limited by the number of charges he can get and by the basic structure of his magical school.

    Formula spells are more efficient and more reliable than random magic but knowing a lot of spells isn’t unbalancing, so there is no reason to be stingy.

    If the adept would use the spell fairly often during a normal year of his life, then give him the formula spell. If the adept has a good reason to want to know the spell, (like learning a blast spell “just in case”) then give it to him.

    Just remember that having more than 14 formula spells makes it harder to cast random magic.

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  • vanAdamme
    Participant

    Thanks for that. So you reckon a better idea would be to not worry so much about what spells they learn, but write down how many charges they should get per day?

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