How the tag “subtle” would change a spell? (i’m using the mage playbook)
How the tag “subtle” would change a spell? (i’m using the mage playbook)
How the tag “subtle” would change a spell? (i’m using the mage playbook)
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You can cast the spell without blowing things up or telegraphing that yes, you are a Mage, and yes you did just cast a spell!
Or, I guess, depending on the spell, that a spell has indeed been cast. Ok, a fireball is a fireball, but sudden climate change, or finding you particularly likeable… who can tell those are spells?
You’re not gesticulating, shouting, glowing, thundering or otherwise going “HEY GUYS I’M CASTING A SPELL, PLEASE STAB AND/OR SHOOT ME” through any number of the various tells that go on when someone is casting a spell. There probably isn’t any visible magical trail originating from you, either – your Fireball just involves the target area spontaneously combusting rather than a literal ball of fire shooting out from your hand, for example.
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Is subtle applied to the casting of the spell or the manner in which the spell takes effect?
A subtle shift in the wind or change in a mood at the right time can be very useful as well.
Subtle, as an optional tag on Black Magic, means what you want it to. It doesn’t have a canonical interpretation; neither does “debilitating”, for example.
Generally it operates relative to the situation – if you don’t want to draw attention or raise an alarm because of the simple fact of your (purely damaging) Black Magic, cast it with the subtle tag.