From:	Donald Arganbright <jayden63@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Two Questions
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:43:00 PST

>> Doesn't the Sorcery skill just state how many spells a mage may
>use in
>>one turn? So in fact, you could load Wildfire up with 5,6,7,10+
>spells? He
>>only could use 3 a turn but would have some nice armor no?
>
>
>The armor can't get over 3 (or maybe it's the number of spells,
>depending on how you interpret the "maximum 3").
>
>Mathieu Bergeron / Brain Dust
>- sorry, still figuring out how to fix my mailer
>
Hold it a sec. Lets look at this. The rule book states on pg 35...
"A runner may hold any number of spells, but may only use a number of
spells in a turn equal to their sorcery skill rating." This makes
perfect sence. Now lets look at a few spells. FireBall - turn to use.
Bolt of power - turn to use. Astral sence - trash after use. Armor
spell - mage gets armor (A+2). No where on the armor spell does it say
the mage "uses" anything. Nor does the spell have to be turned like any
of the others. The same applies to fortelling, detect enemy, and
invisability. So when do some of these spells come into use. Example -
I have a Wildfire with 1 bolt of power, two fireballs, 2 armors,1 detect
enemy, and 1 invisability (cant wait to see the rest of his spell book
:) I take him and a few others on a shadowrun against the Haunted High
Rise. We mangage to Sleeze the first two challenges, but the third one
is a personel challenge that we cant sleaze. I have a few choices here.
1- Send every one home with the detect enemy spell. 2- sleeze it with
the invisability then take on the polterguist hiself, leaving only two
fireballs, or 1 fireball and the armor left. Or since the invisability
doesn't ever say it is "used" does he still have 2 fireballs and the
armor left. Or since the armor never says to "use" does he still have
both the fireballs and the bolt of power and the two armor spells around
to whomp big time on the polterguist. Again another problem with
wording.

*** In ruling, the Sage attends to the heart, not the eye ***
*** - Tao ***

Jayden Stormwalker


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