Globals

[thejeff]

1) I believe the manual goes into this and is correct. It's extra gems + 5 per extra level in the path + the roll against the same calculation on the other side.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by thejeff

1) I believe the manual goes into this and is correct. It's extra gems + 5 per extra level in the path + the roll against the same calculation on the other side.

The rule manual seems to be slightly wrong actually.

You only get the +5 per extra level if those extra levels are 'natural', at least it appears that way from testing (and iirc from lch's code-diving). Booster-added levels don't count for this purpose (but empowering does).

Its also important to keep in mind that if you have a %reduction site, extra gems don't start counting as extra until and unless you reach the normal unreduced cost. Ie, if you intend to invest extra gems, %reduction sites are pointless.