Willpower Battles

1. Willpower Battles ("Wp Battles") are usually initiated by one of:

• Charmer Spells, such as Charm Person
• Control Spells, such as Control Undead
• an attempt to Control following Summoning, such as on a Druidic Summon Elemental Spell or on Binding a Demon
• an attempt at Possession, such as by a sentient Magic Weapon on its wielder

2. Wp Battles are resolved second by second, with each party attacking the other using its Willpower ("Wp") plus or minus any of the following modifiers:

• Wp gained or lost by way of experience in previous Wp Battles (see 4. below)
• as specified by the Spell or effect initiating the Wp Battle
• as specified in 5. below

3. If the difference in Wp, after modifiers, is >=10, the party with the higher modified Wp automatically Dominates the other. Otherwise, the % chances of Domination are:

where:

• Wp Diff is the difference in modified Wp
• + is the % chance of the party with the higher modified Wp Dominating
• - is the % chance of the party with the lower modified Wp Dominating

If both parties Dominate each other in the same second, Charm Lock occurs, with both losing control of their minds and being unable to continue the Wp Battle.

4. Wp is gained or lost by way of experience on Domination as follows:

where:

• Wp Diff is the difference in modified Wp
• + is the Wp gained / lost if the party with the higher modified Wp Dominates
• - is the Wp gained / lost if the party with the higher modified Wp Dominates

The Dominating party gains the specified Wp, and the Dominated party loses the same Wp. Such gains or losses by way of experience modify Wp for Wp Battles only, and do not (for example) modify Wp for the +ChMod/2 (Wp) on Charmer Spells.

5. The following activities and effects modify Wp:

• Walking / Marching: Wp -1
• Running / Charging: Wp -2
• Listening: Wp -1
• Talking: Wp -3
• Fighting: Wp *2/3
• Thieving: Wp *3/4
• Casting a Spell: Wp *1/2 (and Wp *1/2 for purposes of the Spell Cast), but note that the Wp Battle is suspended as between Caster and Target whilst a Charm Domination Spell is Cast
• Wounded: Wp * (M-D)/%, where M = the max Damage that can be taken in any HitLoc Area or Generally and D = the amount of Damage taken in that HitLoc Area or Generally.  Where multiple HitLoc Areas are Damaged, apply only whichever gives the greatest Wp reduction, except deduct any General Damage taken from total HP before calculating for any HitLoc Area also damaged.
• Pain: Wp -1 per Pain Level suffered (Note that this is due to the reduction in Chars from the Pain System, and is not an additional deduction for Wp Battles.)
• Dominated: Wp -5 (May recommence Wp Battle at any time if the Wp difference is < 10.)

6. Wp Battles awake from unconsciousness or sleep as follows:

• [ ] indicate cannot be Dominated