Ki Recovery

By ByronHunter, in Anima Rules Questions

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I found some conflicting information on the Ki recovery rate in the Prometheum Exxet and I would like to get some other people's thoughts on it.

On page 30 of the Prometheum Exxet there is the Increased Ki Accumulation Facet, which has the following two available weaknesses:

  1. No Recovery (Weakness): The object improves the user’s Ki Accumulation for Techniques and Abilities, but does not improve the character’s Ki Recovery.
  2. Only Recovery (Weakness): The object only improves the user’s Ki Recovery, and not his Ki Accumulation.
These seem to imply that the Ki recovery rate can be raised, which seems to contradict the rule for Ki Recovery on page 7 of the Dominus Exxet:
Ki generally recovers at a rate of 1 point per hour in each of the six Accumulating Characteristics (an average of 6 points per hour). If the Unification of Ki Points optional rule is being used, the player may, if he prefers, choose to have his character recover a point of Ki every 10 minutes, simplifying the calculations. Using this method, a character with the Ki Recovery Advantage would recover, depending on the number of Creation Points spent on the Advantage, 1 point every minute (1 every 20 turns), 1 point every 30 seconds (1 every 10 turns), or 1 point every six seconds (1 every two turns). The rate of Ki recovery is an innate capacity in the character that does not require any kind of action on his part. Nevertheless, an individual can concentrate or meditate to double his rate of recovery. This action does not mean that the character rests, but rather quite the opposite: the fighter makes an effort to regenerate his energies more quickly, which is why he cannot take any other action while he meditates, nor recover lost points of Fatigue either.
Although it does say generally, I had always assumed that to be related to the Ki Recovery advantage.
I see three possibilities in this:
  1. This is a weird error in the Prometheum Exxet (Unlikely)
  2. The Increased Ki Accumulation Facet power is the only other way to raise Ki recovery rate aside from the advantage, which means almost every Ki user would want one (I am inclined to think it is this)
  3. Ki recovery rate is actually based on Accumulation (Which would greatly change the balance of play)
If anyone has thoughts on this I would greatly appreciate them.

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This is a weird error in the Prometheum Exxet (Unlikely)

Oh ho ho, you would be surprised then, my friend. Prometheum Exxet is, to quote someone who has spoken with Carlos himself "the book they never wanted to write." The only reason (supposedly) it was ever written is because the fans wanted it so badly, though I have no official sources beyond the aforementioned third party. Prometheum contradicts itself flamboyantly, and sometimes has no respect for the rest of the world or the system. In fact, via the rules they have set down the vast majority of artifacts should either have different stats (Presence being the main one, but this errata document proves there are more than a few errors of this sort), or almost all of them were made by Gnosis 40+ beings (because otherwise it would be basically impossible to do so). I've wanted to love PE for a long time, but the mechanics of the book are atrocious, which is the main reason I rewrote most of them.

That all being said, you do bring up an interesting contradiction that I've seen before. The closest thing to an official explanation is found here , which is mostly hearsay about something which still hasn't been proven one way or another. In short, it supports the second theory you presented, though the official rules for such things are yet to be found. ^_^ Hope this helps.