Chris wrote: MAS wrote:
Not huge at all. No more than two moons (total of 4) are ever full or new at the same time, and there is only ever one astrological event per day. A spell caster (and GM) needs to know what day it is, and look at the calendar, then take that into account when casting. Some days, a type of magic is easier to cast and harder to resist, other days the reverse.
Like I said, I love the detail, it just seems overwhelming up front
every day:
4 moons - 4 schools of magic (spells, enchanted items, SLA, etc)
1 party event (possible)
every 12 hrs:
morning star = adv\dis
evening star = adv\dis
*depending on Lunar dominance
possibly - 1 world event
So does the morning\evening star affect ALL rolls during each 12hr cycle?
How does that work when combined with moons? for example dis to saves for a moon + adv to all rolls for evening star
do they cancel each other out?
what if there are double adv or dis?
I dig it - if we were in person it'd be cleared up in 2 minutes, lol! It is intended to add a level of detail to spellcasting and arcane, it should fall into a groove pretty easily once we start play. Let me address these questions and clear them up -
The big key here is to look at the calendar, because it will clear up 95% of your confusion. You'll see that there is a maximum of 4 full or new moons, but it is often 3.
You will also see that morning and evening stars do not occur every day, so it is not every 12 hours. It is an occasional 12 hour block of a day. They are infrequent, like other astrological events. That being said -
Yes, a morning or evening star effects ALL d20 rolls! They are powerful times of good or evil. Avoid them or use them to your advantage!
As for advan/disadvan conflicts or stacks, that is already covered by the rule set - PHB Chp 7 pg 173
"If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants
advantage or imposes disadvantage on it, you don’t roll
more than one additional d20. If two favorable situations
grant advantage, for example, you still roll only one
additional d20.
If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage
and disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of
them, and you roll one d20. This is true even if multiple
circumstances impose disadvantage and only one grants
advantage or vice versa. In such a situation, you have
neither advantage nor disadvantage."
SO - each day, you have 3 or 4 full or new moons, and you
may also have an astrological event that generates a party or world effect. That is it.
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thanks Rob, I am still new to this book
(its a leather pouch that weighs 3lbs per the book) 
Vozz is calling himself a "Mystic" regardless of the official background name of Hermit\Sage. 
