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Does switching styles force recast/rebalance?
For example could a Character cast wards under battle magic then trick and switch to free sword keeping up the wards? i can see no game reason or logical reason why not. It takes 2 combat rounds out to do and kind of fulfils the right type of flavour.
Thoughts?
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Missed this. But well, yes, there's nothing saying you can't do it. So you can!
Switching styles of your own volition is not a forced rebalance. As you point out, the cost of doing so is the lost time.
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I did spot that it does mention this in one of the boxes near the back under the glosses (sorry don't have books here to give page number). However, I think I like it better being able to carry over so i will house rule it that way. I have noticed that most fights seem to last around 6 or 7 turns so the time penalty should be sufficient.
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Ah, I see what you mean on p. 234. Yeah, I meant that for physical effects that would logically be impossible to carry over - like Argenvald's Stance is something you can use in Great Weapon but totally impossible to use once you switch to Twin Weapon. To me your magic example makes sense, though - the Wards example - and I'd definitely allow it. There should be something in there about magic vs. physical here. I'll see if I can tuck it in for the print version which is about to get another try at DTRPG's pod service. We'll see if the style sheets come out right this time.
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