Dark Edge Village

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Does being an actual Meishodo Shugenja give any benefit? Can we change the Artisan: Sculpting to Craft: Meishodo?

Iuchi Batul wrote:Does being an actual Meishodo Shugenja give any benefit? Can we change the Artisan: Sculpting to Craft: Meishodo?

That would make sense. Updated.

Does the advantage bean increase all spell TNs such as Maho, gaijin, and nonhuman magic cast against you? (Or is it more like the Magic Resistance Advantage and only works vs normal spells)

Edit: And do we as characters know the bean is doing it?

It's all magic.

As for if you're aware, that's up to you.

I take it the bean has the same problem as Magic Resistance where it effects friendly buff and healing spells too?

As the bean affects spell-casting TNs... does it interact with meishodo at all? Or are meishodo spells (good and bad) immune to meishodo beans?

Of course this may be entirely irrelevant if nobody manages to get one.

Can Forgery skill be used instead of Calligraphy to copy the characters onto the bean correctly?

It raises the TNs of all spells, regardless of magic type and who is casting them.

Moto Baatar wrote:Can Forgery skill be used instead of Calligraphy to copy the characters onto the bean correctly?

Not this time around, no.

Mindshred wrote:It raises the TNs of all spells, regardless of magic type and who is casting them.

I added my question above because Meishodo has no casting TNs/rolls... /annoying pony-witch

Iuchi Saksaha wrote:

Mindshred wrote:It raises the TNs of all spells, regardless of magic type and who is casting them.

I added my question above because Meishodo has no casting TNs/rolls... /annoying pony-witch

If there's no TN to the spellcasting roll, then there's no roll to gain the TN increase.

If you give a magic bean to someone, do they gain the bean ability or is it only the crafter that gains it

Edit: and is there a roll we can do to identify what the magic bean is doing?

Seppun Hideo wrote:If you give a magic bean to someone, do they gain the bean ability or is it only the crafter that gains it

Edit: and is there a roll we can do to identify what the magic bean is doing?

Only the person that carved it.

And no, no roll, but I'm fine with characters realizing that the bean is vaguely blessed in some way.