| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Buildings, doors, maglocks, and magic |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:45:48 +0200 |
was...
> > What I would use here is the object resistance rating, and use the
> > Breaking Through barriers rules (SR3 p. 125) to determine damage to the
> > barrier when/if the spell works. [snip rest]
>
> Ah, and in so doing, you create an even worse situation involving building
> damage levels IMO. Your system is "all or nothing". The universe
> ever-so-rarely works that way.
If you see a building as a single target, then this is bad. If you see
each wall, floor, door, roof tile, etc. as a separate target, then it
works well enough (it's slightly more powerful than using explosives, but
not much IMHO).
> > Or did I misinterpret you there, and were you trying to say that to
only
> > turn the door in a building to goo, you'd need Turn Door To Goo, which
> > would affect only the doors in the single target that is the building?
[more snip]
>
> Ah, but you *CAN* do so if the spells are designed as such. You actually
> could have "Power Bolt (Car Tires)" if the spell were specifically designed
> that way. You would not be targeting a specific aura, but merely the spell
> would only be damaging a specific part of it.
This is a question of rules interpretation, I'd say. I would allow a Power
Bolt (Car Tires) spell to only affect tires that are not on a car, because
once the tire is on a car it becomes part of the car and isn't a tire
anymore where magic is concerned. This would make the spell fairly useless
(unless you happen to get involved in a firefight in a tire warehouse or
something ;) but I can see what you mean.
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