Sample+Summoning

This example makes use of homebrew summoning rules.

=Method 1:=

Binder wants to create a horde of minions. He chooses Mouth-Handed Men as his minions. Mouth-Handed Men have 10 skill points, a skill cap of Good, and 2 points worth of powers. Binder just wants some uncomplicated violence done, so he chooses the Single-Function Robot behavious pattern.

That gives a complexity per minion of ((4 for skills) + (2 for powers) + (3 for skill cap)) x (1 for behaviour). That's 9. But Binder doesn't need these guys for long: just a few hours. That's two steps down the time chart from one day, so it reduces the complexity by 2 to 7. Binder sees no need to give his minions any potentially-problematic GM-selected aspects.

Binder could just summon his minions one by one with his base complexity. But he's not that patient.

So he decides to summon 10 in one go. That's 7 complexity for the first Mouth-Handed Man, 3.5 for the next 4, and 1.75 for the other 5.

That's a final complexity of 29.75, rounded up to 30. A lot, but doable for a pro like Binder.

=Method 2:=

Binder wants to create a horde of minions. He chooses Mouth-Handed Men as his minions. Mouth-Handed Men have a skill cap of Good and 2 points worth of powers. Their best stress track is three boxes long. Binder sees no need to add any positive or negative aspects or qualities.

The GM decides that minor minions like this will not take any consequences at all.

That gives a complexity per minion of (3 for skill cap) + (2 for powers) + (4 to take out best stress track). That's 9. But Binder doesn't need these guys for long: just a few hours. That's two steps down the time chart from one day, so it reduces the complexity by 2 to 7.

Binder could just summon his minions one by one with his base complexity. But he's not that patient.

So he decides to summon 10 in one go. That's 7 complexity for the first Mouth-Handed Man, 3.5 for the next 4, and 1.75 for the other 5.

That's a final complexity of 29.75, which rounds up to 30. A lot, but doable for a pro like Binder.