| From: | Ulrich Haupt <sandman@****.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE> |
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| Subject: | defending spells (was Stimulation spell) |
| Date: | Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:25:37 +0000 |
> > One option that D&D brings up, that you might be able to work into this, is
> > that if someone agrees to let you cast a spell on them, they forfiet their
> > saving throw. Now, SR doesn't have saving throws (as such), but could claim
> > that your healing spell requires a voluntary subject... and then cast
> > something a bit more potent (and lethal) once he accepts it? For example, you
> > say your version of Treat requires that they be willing. The guys says
"Frag
> > yes, I'm willing", so you kneel beside him and lay your hands on him... and
> > instead cast, say, stimulation, to wrack his body with tremendous pain. Would
> > that work in the context of SR?
>
> I'd say no, because he's expecting healing, not stimulation. As soon as
> he realized what you'd done, he'd resist.
I'd say yes because the effect of spells take effekt almost immediately. He
has opened
his mind with saying 'Yes, I want' and therefor dropped his defence.
Maybe it's a topic ending in yes - no - yes - no ...
It's hard to say because I don't remember any part in the books explaining how spell
defence works.
Hmmm, what do they say? For a successful spell the sorcerer must synchronize
the auras.
MAYBE resisting a spell means changing aura so much that the spell cannot be
synchronized with the target. But that wouldn't explain why a target resists
spells with
different attributes (Will, Body, Int, Speed!). An ability in controlling aura
would be needed. Just fear can't explain it either because spells (even
mind-spells) can be
resisted by unsuspecting victims. So everybody is in a magic defence mode.
Accepting a
spells could mean to keep the aura 'quiet'. But someone who has never
experienced magic
on him should be VERY nervous - not controlling his aura very good. Though he
would
count as willing target!
I just don't know, sorry.
Sandman
