Avatars are magical constructs and thus don't need to eat or drink... they feed on mana, and must make mana gathering rolls to sustain themselves and to heal their wounds.
Due to their nature, they have difficulty casting regular magic if injured? Or they are incapable of spending internal mana? Basically, avatars get a lot of advantages and should probably be poor mages as well as vulnerable in low-mana areas.
Gods have to invest personal mana into Avatars to create them, and this is a permanent drain. As such, they won't make very many. And if they go rogue, the god generally wants them dead so that it can get the mana back.
Enchantments such as this should always require an investment (permanent or temporary) of internal mana.
They might not use a skill check to absorb mana... it could be an automatic thing (like taking 20), so it only matters if they enter an area where mana is too sparse. I'm not sure I like that, though. I like the idea of them working like mages, except that instead of drawing mana to cast spells, they draw it in and then absorb it completely.
Posted by Kiz at December 11, 2004 02:47 PMCommentsPost a comment