I am a scholar. I am selecting my options to deal with an uppity warrior.
With Hypnotism, I can spend 2PP and 2 rounds to kill him instantly.
With Curses, I can spend (is it 4?) to turn his bones to jelly, rendering him helpless for hours.
With Oriental magic, I can spend 7PP to become almost as effective in combat as I would have been had I gone for a fighting class that level. For a few rounds.
I'm just not seeing the attraction. Oriental magic seems to cost you large wads of PP for really quite trivial effects. Am I missing something? what's the other side of the equation?
With Hypnotism, I can spend 2PP and 2 rounds to kill him instantly.
With Curses, I can spend (is it 4?) to turn his bones to jelly, rendering him helpless for hours.
With Oriental magic, I can spend 7PP to become almost as effective in combat as I would have been had I gone for a fighting class that level. For a few rounds.
I'm just not seeing the attraction. Oriental magic seems to cost you large wads of PP for really quite trivial effects. Am I missing something? what's the other side of the equation?