BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

you forgot to change kevlar to dragonhide in the style list FYI

also, the obsidian staff seems quite busted? you’re pretty much just making it so that nobody is ever going to cast any sort of offensive spell on you (you lose the ability to accept gifts, but that’s very much a worthy trade-off)

and Gilded seems quite weak compared to the other two, I’d reduce its cost to 3 or something (which is also why I made Kevlar have its own spell instead of just having a generic spell that applies a Special Style)

and I don’t think the “During a Duel” wording in Obsidian works

well, it’s edit locked now, so

would maybe support a fixed reproposal

It’s past the 4-hour edit window, so if people like the idea well enough, I can follow this Proposal up with adjustments, or re-Propose if it fails.

Regarding the kevlar to dragonhide: oops. That will definitely make that one not work.

I wrote this proposal with the idea that Fashion Makeover would also be enacted, so at worst for a cost of 3 Stars, you can get rid of someone’s Obsidian staff and make them have to pay 5 Stars to get it back (same with the other Specialty Styles). Don’t forget that the Effect says “the first effect that is applied”,  so it’s possible that someone else will pay that cost if their Spell’s effect is applied before yours. Doom Cloud would do such a thing.

I wanted it to be a single Spell for all Specialty Styles because it raises the bar for acquiring them. It’s a lot easier to Snipe. If Gilded is the outlier that makes it not worth the cost, then I could make Gilded more valuable in some way. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Obsidian basically makes doom cloud prohibitably expensive. It also has some weird timing issues where only the first wizard gets their Obsidian staff to work. While its good that three Obsidian staffs don’t make a doom cloud cast 10, I feel like if Josh and Kevan both have Obisdian staffs and both get targeted with different spells… they should both still work.

Maybe make Obsidian cost only be +1 and change it to “for a given casting of a spell, this is only extra Stars for the entire Duel regardless of how many affected Wizards have an Obsidian staff”

What do you think of a spell for each Special Style rather than one Spell that does all styles? lendunistus had a good point about the cost of the spell varying per Special Style based on how powerful the Benefit is.

I think limiting spells is a good idea. You can maybe introduce an adjustable cost. But limiting spells makes it easier to snipe and makes charm less beneficial which I think are good.

I was thinking along the same lines. So maybe the Cost is “variable depending on Special Style” and then the actual cost is part of the Special Style definition for each one.