How would you notate WoP on your character sheet?


Round 2: Words of Power Discussion


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I use the following notation when writing WoP on my character sheet:

My notation:
Galanost, 10th-level sorcerer with 24 Charisma

Power Words Known (Level Limits = 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16)

6th (0/day) – enhance form (body, 14/16)*

5th (4/day) – force blast (force, 12/15), large burst (target, 8), large cone (target, 8)

4th (7/day) – ice barrier (barrier, 7), terror (fear, 9/12)

3rd (8/day) – fire blast (fire, 6/8), force armor (armor (7/9), fortify (body, 7/8)*, large line (target, 5), medium burst (target, 5), medium cone (target, 5), torture (pain, 6/8)

2nd (8/day) – burning flash (fire, 5/7)*, corrosive bolt (acid, 5/7), distant (meta, 4), enhance form (body, 5/7), force bolt (force, 4/8), medium line (target, 3)

1st (8/day) – burning flash (fire, 3/5), force shield (armor, 4/5), fortify (body, 4/5), mass (target, 2), small burst (target, 3), small cone (target, 2), small line (target, 2), spook (fear, 4), wrack (pain, 3/4)

0 (at will) – acid burn (acid, 3), cold snap (cold, 2), cramp (pain, 2/3), echo (illusion, 2), flame jet (fire, 2), force block (armor, 2 or 4 with boost), personal (target, 0), sense magic (sense, 1), single (target, 0), spark (electricity, 3); +1 power word

* Boosted effect.

Does that look like an efficient way of conveying the appropriate information quickly?

Is there a better way? How would you notate it? Words of power, being such a complex system, I think it is in our best interest to find the most efficient means of getting the most pertinent/appropriate information across to the player when he needs it. Perhaps if we find a good method, it could become standard in official stat blocks and the like.

Dark Archive

I guess that looks as efficient as anything I've been able to come up with. We play with our laptops out so I might do something similar using Access or Excel but, yeah, seem like you got your bases covered.

I'm not sure if a standardized system is going to happen, though. Organizing this, like organizing your room or your car, may be a somewhat personal decision. I suspect that's going to make some pretty byzantine character sheets that no one but their creator truly understands.

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