Tech - Conduct Electricity

[Scott]

Name: Conduct Electricity
Range: 6m
Casting Time: 1 Round
MP Cost: 2
Duration: Instantaneous

You can suck the power out of a touched device/battery that holds or generates electricity and zap that energy at a similar sized device/battery to recharge it. It is a one shot thing that completely drains whatever you are sucking the power from.

[PotatoJedi]

Think maybe just rename it to "Recharge" as that's what you're doing, not so much conducting electricity. Maybe also add an additional bit that says "if the device/battery you are taking power from is considerably larger than the device/battery you are transferring the power to, it may instead only partially drain it, down to the GM's discretion." I don't see why you wouldn't be able to charge your phone with a car battery and it also wouldn't completely drain the battery either. Unless that's making things too complicated and we'd rather have it "battery charges similar-sized battery only."

[logan9a]

I'd rather have it be similar only charges similar or excess electricity is lost rather than argue how many 9v can be charged by a 6v or some other BS.

[PotatoJedi]

Sounds good to me then.

Question: if I wanted to charge, say, my phone, could I touch a street lamp and draw power from that? Or does it have to be something which stores electricity specifically?

[logan9a]

Thinking for this (and the other spell) it would have to be from something that stores electricity.

[Scott]

Nov 7, 2018 13:47:03 GMT PotatoJedi said:

Think maybe just rename it to "Recharge" as that's what you're doing, not so much conducting electricity.

"Conduct Electricity" makes it clear that you are transferring it from a to b. "Recharge" as a name kind of implies that you are recharging it ex nihilo.

Nov 7, 2018 13:47:03 GMT PotatoJedi said:

Maybe also add an additional bit that says "if the device/battery you are taking power from is considerably larger than the device/battery you are transferring the power to, it may instead only partially drain it, down to the GM's discretion." I don't see why you wouldn't be able to charge your phone with a car battery and it also wouldn't completely drain the battery either. Unless that's making things too complicated and we'd rather have it "battery charges similar-sized battery only."

I'm thinking to go with Logan's idea. "Similar size or smaller" to maintain some flexibility, but keep the complete drain to avoid disputes.

could I touch a street lamp and draw power from that? Or does it have to be something which stores electricity specifically?

The original post here says "stores or generates" and I think similar spells are worded the same way.

So street lamp is out. Unless it has a battery backup or a solar cell. Which you need to touch. That probably involves digging or getting ~20 feet up in the air.

[Scott]

Name: Conduct Electricity
Range: 6m
Casting Time: 1 Round
MP Cost: 2
Duration: Instantaneous

You can suck the power out of a touched device/battery that holds or generates electricity and zap that energy at a similar or smaller sized device/battery to recharge it. It is a one shot thing that completely drains whatever you are sucking the power from. Any excess electricity goes to waste.

[PotatoJedi]

Looks good to me.