These rules are canon for my current campaign.
Idea to discuss but don’t yet have full rules for: foci can be attacked via Astral combat. After a certain amount of damage, their link to their user is disrupted. The focus can no longer be used until it is re-bonded to the user in the usual way (ritual + karma cost.)
A Power focus adds its Force to the user’s Magic attribute, and hence all spellcasting and summoning dice pools.
5e RAW | Houserule version | |
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F1 | 6 karma, 18 k¥, 4R | unchanged |
F2 | 12 karma, 36 k¥, 8R | 12 karma, 72 k¥, 14R |
F3 | 18 karma, 54 k¥, 12R | 18 karma, 162 k¥, 21R |
F4 | 24 karma, 72 ¥, 16R | 24 karma, 288 k¥, 28R |
For spell foci: for one school of magic (chosen at time of binding the focus), it adds its Force to the dice pool used for one of spellcasting, ritual spellcasting, or counterspelling. Or it can sustain a spell from the chosen school of Force less than or equal to the Force of the focus.
For spirit foci: for a specific type of spirit (chosen at time of binding the focus), it adds its Force to the dice pool used for summoning, banishing, or binding that type of spirit. Or it can be used to increase the user’s Magic rating by its Focus rating for the purposes of determining the maximum total Force of spirits that can be summoned at once.
5e RAW | Houserule version | |
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F1 | 2 karma, 4 k¥, 3R | unchanged |
F2 | 4 karma, 8 k¥, 6R | 4 karma, 16 k¥, 12R |
F3 | 6 karma, 12 k¥, 9R | 6 karma, 36 k¥, 18R |
F4 | 8 karma, 16 k¥, 12R | 8 karma, 64 k¥, 24R |
5e RAW | Houserule version | |
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F1 | 3 karma, 7 k¥, 4R | unchanged |
F2 | 6 karma, 14 k¥, 8R | 6 karma, 28 k¥, 14R |
F3 | 9 karma, 21 k¥, 12R | 9 karma, 63 k¥, 21R |
F4 | 12 karma, 28 k¥, 16R | 12 karma, 112 k¥, 28R |
5e RAW | Houserule version | |
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F1 | 3 karma, 9 k¥, 3R | unchanged |
F2 | 6 karma, 18 k¥, 6R | 6 karma, 36 k¥, 12R |
F3 | 9 karma, 27 k¥, 9R | 9 karma, 81 k¥, 18R |
F4 | 12 karma, 36 k¥, 12R | 12 karma, 144 k¥, 24R |
Not currently sure. Might make them the same as power foci.
I cannot imagine why any PC would ever want one of these, so I haven’t houseruled them yet.