It blocks everything that can be blocked with a physical shield. This would include most attacks based on the heat, cold, and ELE tables. anything specifically stated to be ENErgy based, or cannot be blocked without being able to block energy would be immune to that shield (or conversely, would not be blockable).
This means also that it would not normally block area attacks.

You have it lucky, I had to stop playing with engineering students for a while since they had the same math as me and could use it .

These are the majority of the times I used breakage, but also when I had a player whose character was heavily invested in heavy armor, I would do breakage checks when their armor meant the difference between damage and just being put on the defensive. Granted field plate is pretty hard to break but it did happen once.

EDIT: also, having a mostly weaponless party makes breakage for unarmed blocking hilarious.

At least you dont say your A's as Ah or Eh (as I do with my "accent") so if you overheard me it could often sound like playing the game of bums and bags.

also why has this thread spiraled out of control so much?

Ok, lets see how we can help.

For most spells and powers that use damage or quality loss on objects, use the object's presence as the base. For example, a rapier would use 20 as it's base, and the owner (or the GM) can roll d100 to determine the effects on the items. This also means that destroying a regular item with acid cloud is relatively easy (as it should be imo) but quality items, especially +10 or higher, are extremely hard to even decrease 1 level of quality.
Additionally, if the object only slightly fails, minor effects such as etching a blade may occur.


Heart of the Tiger had this pretty well down. You don't really need to limit this ability.
this might be interesting, and I shall try it before I say anything.


I have actually had to deal with this exact scenario in my game (alchemist wizard using creation magic i.e. fullmetal) so I at least know what worked for me.

When your player wishes to create an object, do double check that the object is within the presence limit (usually minor creation for them). Bullets and gunpowder are fine with the lower spells, but full bombs I would say take the level 66 creation spell for the increased presence limit.

Also when using creation to place said created objects, make them do a magic projection check to place the items accurately. For creating a bullet inside of a ready weapon I used the projection check of 180 to give the mage a fair challenge (wouldn't be able to do it every time, but was doable).

Finally, remember that casting these spells before the regular attack of your warlock causes the -25 penalty of additional actions.


As the characters acquire increasing amounts of money, they will probably need the help of a bank. In Gaia vol.1 it says that there are many international banks that have branches in several cities. In my games, nobles will make use of notes such as checks to get around purchases that would indeed take carts of money otherwise. It is a good thing to have characters carry about 1/10th of their entire free coin on them, whatever that may be (unless of course they are extremely wealthy or poor).


I have found that the best way to flavor high regeneration is with high metabolism. Make the character eat near his weight after a large fight and no one will be surprised.

However, in the more general sense the character just should explain themselves and showing how tough he is doesn't hurt.

no problem. I love answering questions as it reinforces my rules knowledge and keeps me sharp .
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I would like to point out that the Fusion spell has many offensive and defensive applications, such that it is much more useful to use in fights than what I have often heard.

Because of the fact that when you "fuse" 2 people, they retain the highest of each skill, you can take two city guards (as an example) and fuse them to produce.... 1 city guard. If you can take out this person in a few turns it is extremely zeon effective as opposed to using several attack spells.

Additionally, if the people you wish to fuse are player characters (or allies), you can fuse 2 people with any combination of skill sets (lets just say 2 warriors with the same stats) and have them fight for a few turns until they are moderately damaged. Once you realize they are hurt you can cancel the spell putting them back at full hp ( as per the spell description ).

Finally, though this one is a bit of a stretch, you can actively deny enemies their abilities with Fuse. If you take a mentalist and a warrior, and fuse them, you can chose to have the mental stats of the warrior (probably about 10 psy projection) and the physical stats of the mentalist (only points in dodge if that), as the spell description says the caster has control of which attributes are maintained from each person.

It is a wacky and hilarious spell, and it only takes a little imagination (as most of creation does) to do awesome things with it. GMs should also keep this in mind.

I like the idea, but at the same time I have troubles with it.

The thing about Gnosis is, it is indeed about your reality bending powers and how much you personally shape destiny. Having the players dictate what destiny is overall and having the players dictate their own destiny are, at least to me, different ideas.

This is actually the same issue that bugs me with playing an ebudan character. Having a character choose what destiny they want to follow and having that character have a set destiny (I think I should vary my words, but I can't seem to think of anything else to call it) within the overall universe of the setting and your campaign is a bit of a hassle.

There is the one hand where the players are dictating everything that goes on, which in essence makes them gnosis 40+ beings, but then as a GM you are essentially one member of a senate.

Then there is the other end of the spectrum where the players are on a railroad adventure with a set beginning, path, and end.

Both of these extremes are what we want to avoid, and Gnosis helps do that, but in doing so it just creates a middle ground (as far as the PC's are concerned). I recommend instead of laying down rules for other gm's to follow concretely (lord knows there's enough of that already), there are general advice pieces and thematic ways to make the characters think their choices matter.

One way that I recommend to all GMs is to actually ask players what they want. Too many GMs come into the session thinking "this is the game I want and it will be this way!" when many of the players don't get the atmosphere or the style of play you want. If you get enough choice for a certain style of game, go for it and place it within the setting (or your own) where it fits best. Work with your players' characters to get story ideas from the people they are playing. These types of things overall give the players a much more enjoyable time as well as the feeling that they are shaping destiny.

Aside from my personal feelings on the matter, If you would like to use these rules, there are only a few things you wish to consider:

• Why non story related, as story questing is what many GM's limit their games to
• How much Gnosis do you eventually want players to end up at, since there are several lengths of time a GM can run their campaigns (i personally ran one for four years with levels 1-10)
• How do you want this to interact with abilities/spells/advantages that give monster powers? Buffing their gnosis might have unintended consequences to someone who took chimera at level 2

Sorry for the rant but these are all of the points I would commit to this type of rules change.

For many games (mine included) use of magical disadvantages to purchase "the gift" advantage is an ok house rule. It doesn't allow them to shift CP into things they aren't using, but it does allow for strictly limited mages without the limited gift advantage.

My personal favorite on that note is
Gift (2cp)
No zeonic regeneration(-2cp)

First of all, welcome to the forums .

Great question, and honestly Tasuret covered a lot of issues people have when making magic users for the first time. However, I think there are still some areas I could put my two bits towards.

When building a character using magical abilities, there are a few things you can consider even before picking up a character sheet. One is what kind of caster you want to play, which can often translate to what path or what spells you want. If you have access to arcana exxet (which i do highly recommend) this question becomes even more important as sub-paths and metamagic is available. This can help you especially in the next part.

Once you know how you want to play your character, you must balance your projection, zeon pool, and MA. If you play specialized characters such as illusion mages (though not necessarily the illusionist class) you can simply ignore projection, as most of their spells are automatic. In general it is good to have a few spells in your path  be castable within 1 turn (that is to say, needing no more than 1 turn of preparation). It is also a good idea to have about 40-50% of your magic allotment of DP spent in projection, to make your spells almost always effective. Being able to instant cast everything with as much projection as a warrior has attack would be nice, but it just isn't feasible.

On the note of projection, do not worry if it is a few points shorter than your fighters and domines' attack/defense, as this is how it works mathematically. They are allowed to spend 50% of their total DP on attack/defense, while casters at most get 30% total DP to spend on projection (half of their magic allotment, as stated in the book). This is adjusted by the fact that all attack spells cast with magic are counted as fired projectiles, and thus incur HUGE penalties on the defenders (usually). Adding that if the spell is "spiritual" type, it can be invisible, making most opponents take the blinded (-90) penalty on top of that.

When a caster does have to charge for an extended period of time, it is with support and protection from other party members to do extraordinary things. Casting a fireball for example would usually take a fire mage 1 turn, but some of the later spells like automatic critical and heat wave are exceptional at finishing opponents and your party members know this, and they will help you. Also remember that the spell you are casting is not necessarily your opponent's knowledge, and they wont know if you are casting a fireball or shield of light.

As to how many spells you cast, again that is a balancing issue. I have had players range from using only innate magic (and thus no real need for a zeon pool) to ones with large pools and slow regen (the disadvantage). Part of this is the GM's pacing of the adventure. Many mages and summoners require heavy action parts followed by long exploration and intrigue, or even just rest. Don't be surprised if the party has to wait a week to let you recharge. Anima isn't supremely "dungeon crawl" like many adventures of D&D are, and pacing for the sake of the story and the characters is welcome here.

Sorry for the long winded post but I do want to address issues that you expressed concern over and without just saying "balance your MA,Zeon,and proj."
Hopefully this helps and if you have any more questions just ask

Since the sheele is a familiar, the bond could be broken by someone denying the zeon from the summoner to the sheele. The most common example is that the master is completely dry of zeon and has 0 regeneration due to some mystical effect.
Normally in this case and from the fluff of it the sheele would most likely die, but if it was exceptionally powerful it might live.

From reading the section again, I believe the most correct interpretation is as follows:

Page 88 describes the binding process as requiring a point of POW. This is as you said clear.

Page 89 describes sheeles as familiars with the saying that if the sheele dies, the point of pow previously invested is permanently lost, and cannot be recovered even by supernatural means. This is in addition to any consequences of the familiar dying from the core book.

A familiar dying does not automatically cause an additional loss of POW. It says in the core book that only if a familiar bond is broken by denying the cost of the binding for over a week does the master lose POW.

Page 90 does say "during the summoning". However, I am reasonably sure from the way page 88 words the entire ritual that this is only in reference to the point described in that section.

So normally it only takes the 1 pow. Hopefully .

So here is a bit more verbose explanation.

With Arcana Exxet, there is a mention at the beginning that it uses the core exxet spell rules. In actuality, it uses the comprehensive rules changes presented in core exxet. This is due to them being written very close together in the original spanish version.

One of the new rules that is a change from the core book is that ability checks are made using a roll-over system instead of the original roll-under system.

For the game purposes, this means that your attacker with the fireball will need to roll 1d10 and add their willpower characteristic. If this number is greater than or equal to 16 then it is a successful check. If the character rolls a 10, the roll is counted as 13, and a roll of 1 is counted as -2 (as per the 10&1 rule which remained unchanged). Note that this is a good thing now to roll that 10.

Hopefully that helps

In the core book it also recommends giving minor artifacts that increase MA, but not your daily regeneration. Very powerful ones of this type (can't remember the name) do increase your daily regeneration, but not normally to the full extent of the MA bonus (example in book has +30 MA, +10 daily zeon).

This was mostly covered in Arcana with new psychic disciplines and "mental patterns" which makes psychics more varied (in weird ways) and some options. Mental patterns especially make psychics able to stack projection past magicians.

One common note I would like to point out is that before you start spending their DP and such, you must choose their category and sub-category (if appropriate) which include the following:

Natural Creature (automatic 0 gnosis)

Being Between Worlds(5-25 gnosis recommended)
   -Elemental (follow the elemental rules)
   -Undead (follow the corporeal undead rules)
   -Construct (from Those Who walked among us)

Spirit(10-30 gnosis recommended) (cost of 100DP)
  -Incorporeal Spirit (follow the spiritual undead rules)

And you must chose if they are a DR creature!