Magical Techniques.

When determining a standard flight technique, its height, speed, maximum carry weight, duration, and cooldown are taken into account.


Most magics have the capability to have flight techs in some way, although those that are already quite specialized may not. If you're in doubt, ask a staff member.

There are three distinctive types of teleportation techniques, short range, cantrips, and long range. Each has their different rules and progressions.

Short Range Teleports:

With short range teleports, a character is able to teleport without requiring line of sight or line of egress (which means they can go through physical barriers). If a character must teleport through something relatively uncommon (like shadows or water) to perform the technique, a post of the cooldown is taken off the tech's cooldown, with rank 10 being usable once a post.

Cantripped Teleports:

With cantripped teleports, a character must have line of egress although not line of sight to be able to travel to a location. If a character must teleport through something relatively uncommon (like shadows or water) to perform the cantrip, one additional teleport may be added to the usage rate.

Long Range Teleports:

Long ranged teleports cannot be used in combat, and require a full post of preparation by whoever is casting it before teleporting whoever is within a 5 meter radius of the person.

When making a dash technique, the additional speed of the dash and the distance it can travel are taken into account.


These speed buffs count as situational buffs.

{Spoiler}What is a buff? On BG we specifically define it as a beneficial spell used to increase your stat points, which are used to determine a character's combat ability.

What follows is the outline of a standard buff technique which is available to most types of mages:
The type is Supportive.
The range is Personal.
The buff affects the following stat or stats [Toughness, Acuity, Power, Speed, or Magical Fortitude. Magical Strength cannot be buffed.]
The duration is 3 posts at ranks 1-3, 4 posts at ranks 4-6, and 5 posts at ranks 7-10.
The cool down is 3 posts.

Stat Points Buffed: Buffs by definition grant an additional amount of SP to bolster your existing stats, however the amount of additional SP a buff grants is determined by how many of the 5 stat categories the buff increases. The exact amounts are outlined in the tables below.

Technique Options: In relation to buffs a 'technique option' refers to the decisions you may make to augment the versatility or effectiveness of your buff at certain ranks. Which technique options are available to you will depend on which of the three magic types listed below - 'General', 'Support Focused', or 'Support Specialist' - your character falls under. Naturally a specialist will have access to the highest range of customization while a general mage will have the least.

• Companions, Summons, and PCs with secondary magic cannot be support specialists.
  

General Mages - 4 technique options available at ranks 1, 3, 6, and 9.


Support Focused Mages - 5 technique options available at ranks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.



Support Specialist Mages - Mages in this category almost exclusively use supporting techniques, though they may have one basic offensive technique. More information is available here. 8 technique options available at ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10.



Buff Stacking: What is buff stacking? On BG we specifically define it as the potential to have more than one buff active on an individual at a time. Given the effectiveness and potential of buffs there are certain rules that govern who may stack buffs and how.

You may have a maximum of two self-cast buffs on you at the time, one being an active effect (a normal buff) and the other a passive or situational buff, the latter meaning a buff that is only activated when a certain condition is met. Self buffs apply to any buff applied by your character, their items, or their companions.

Buffs for a specific stat or stats do not stack unless the support specialist technique used to allow this is in effect. If a multistat buff and a single stat buff affect the same statistic, they overlap.

Example: If a multistat buff (Example: +30 Power +30 Speed) is cast on you along with a single stat buff that affects the same statistic (Example: +40 Power) the speed bonus of the multistat buff is applied along with the power bonus from the single stat buff since it is the stronger of the two power buff effects.

The maximum duration of a buff technique is 7 posts and the cooldown of a buff may never be less than 1 post.

Sacrificial Buffs: A sacrificial buff increases more stat points than a regular one but also debuffs another statistic as a price. For every stat point added you get two points of debuff. The debuff amount has to be distributed to a single stat; it cannot be split up among different stats. An all stat buff cannot be sacrificial since there is no statistic it doesn't affect. The maximum extra stat points you can get is equal to 1/4 the buff's base amount, where base refers to the numbers seen in the tables in the rules before any changes applied to them. Other more drastic sacrifices can be made however these are numerous and are made on a case by case basis.

{Spoiler}What is a debuff? On BG we specifically define it as a weakening spell used to decrease others' stat points (which are used to determine your combat ability). However, you may never reduce a stat below 1/3 of its base.

What follows is the outline of a standard debuff technique which is available to most types of mages:
The type is Supportive.
The range is 2 meters per rank.
The debuff affects the following stat or stats [Toughness, Acuity, Power, Speed, or Magical Fortitude. Magical Strength cannot be debuffed.]
The duration is 3 posts at ranks 1-3, 4 posts at ranks 4-6, and 5 posts at ranks 7-10.
The cool down is 3 posts.

Stat Points Debuffed: Debuffs by definition reduce an amount of SP to weaken an opponent's existing stats, however the amount of SP a debuff reduces is determined by how many of the 5 stat categories the debuff decreases. The exact amounts are outlined in the tables below.

Technique Options: In relation to debuffs a 'technique option' refers to the decisions you may make to augment the versatility or effectiveness of your debuff at certain ranks. Which technique options are available to you will depend on which of the three magic types listed below - 'General', 'Support Focused', or 'Support Specialist' - your character falls under. Naturally a specialist will have access to the highest range of customization while a general mage will have the least.

General Mages - 4 technique options available at ranks 1, 3, 6, and 9.


Support Focused Mages - 5 technique options available at ranks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.


Support Specialist Mages -  8 technique options available at ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10. See this post for more details on support specialists.


Debuff Stacking: What is debuff stacking? On BG we specifically define it as the potential to have more than one debuff active on an individual at a time. Given the effectiveness and potential of debuffs there are certain rules that govern who may stack debuffs and how.

You may only have 2 self-cast debuff active on any one person at a time. This includes yourself, your items, and your companions.

Debuffs that affect the same stat do not stack and the highest stat debuff takes priority. If a multistat debuff and a single stat debuff affect the same statistic, they overlap.

Example: If a multistat debuff (Example: -30 Power -30 Speed) is cast on you along with a single stat debuff that effects the same statistic (Example: -40 Power) the speed penalty of the multistat debuff is applied along with the power penalty from the single stat debuff since it is the stronger of the two power debuff effects.

The maximum duration of a debuff technique is 7 posts, and the cooldown of a debuff may never be less than 1 post.