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Originally Posted by Tywyll
Having done all this rereading of old rules sets in preparation for BRP, I realize that my group from back in the day was playing the system (in some aspects) incorrectly.
I've noticed that in RQ at least, Resistance struggles involving magic are MP vs MP rather than Pow vs Pow (which was how we did it in all the other BRP style games we've played, specifically in CoC sorcery).
Now that always seemed to work fine for us. However, I'm wondering how it would have worked if we'd been doing it 'right'.
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It can change things up dramatically. Especially if you are in a mixed physical/spiritual combat.
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Doesn't MP vs MP lead to spell casters being unable to affect targets as they run out of juice? Even dumb brutes eventually have the edge on the caster, especially if they've buffed any of their friends. That just doesn't seem particularly fair to the caster who already has such a limited resource pool for spell casting.
Is it a problem? Am I overlooking something?
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The way this was always explained to me is that it was a built in spiritual/mental fatigue. The more of your own MP you use, the more fatigued you become, the less you are able to focus enough to overcome your opponent.
One of the major reasons MP matrices were so popular, even for low powered casting.
SDLeary