From:	Keith Duthie psycho@*********.co.nz
Subject:	A different take on "Slaughter Enemies".
Date:	Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:59:51 +1200 (NZST)

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Gurth wrote:

> It prevents you from sniping with the spell at someone who isn't a long-
> term enemy of yours. You couldn't use it to take out a security guard who
> doesn't know you're there, for example. After all, it won't kill potential
> enemies (and if you want a "Slay Potential Enemies" spell, that's fine by
> me, but it'll just be Manabolt under another name.)
I'd expect the spell to only work on targets who are actively thinking
hostile thoughts about the caster (which generally means targets who know
you're there and have some reason to not like you). Like, for example,
that yakuza guy who is paranoid about non-yaks. Or, of course, the racist
human/elf/orc/troll over there who hates [insert caster's race here].

> The Chocolate Mousse effect :) I agree with this part, though. For a
> single-target spell, it's justifiable, but an area-effect spell becomes
> too powerful this way.
I'm perfectly happy with an area effect slay enemies spell. It's only
going to be useful in combat situations away from non-combatants[1], and
if there's any strife between party members...

As an aside, IIRC, a mouse shaman would be immune to this spell.

[1] you're suddenly in the middle of a firefight. Are you friendly towards
that mage over there who's flinging around lethal spells? I don't think
so.
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