Re: [DL] d20 spells, metamagic feats, and magic item creation

[Kevin L Stoner <stone1kl@cmich.edu>]

I was wondering

For those people who play deadlands d20, how do you handle 
metamagic feats?

I was thinking of simply bumping up the casting factor of the 
spell 
used, but they do seem overpowered and don't quite fit the 
feeling.


Also item creation feats really don't fit the environment, 
but I have a 
player who is whining about not having these available.

Any opinons?



Well as far as metamagic goes... that is just the way they 
are designed. They are not overpowered if you consider having 
a 7th or 8th level black magician who also has a few when 
they face him. It balances a little too much to the side of 
the GM in that case and the player who has an enhanced soul 
blast will not be able to compare to an enhanced fireball. 
And as far as the item creation goes.. there really are 
no "MAgic" items in Deadlands, everything is a relic and 
relics hold pieces of a hero. Express to them that the only 
way to create a relic is by being the guy who gets into a 
firefight to save the town with only 5 hp left against 7 
veteran walkin dead. If he survives that (and maybe some 
other heroic feats) then by god he should have attracted 
something to those guns. 

Thats my take,
Marshal Kevin Stoner