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Message no. 1
From: "Davidson, Chris" <Christopher.Davidson@***.BOEING.COM>
Subject: Re: Geasa and physical magicians (was Re: This is bordering on th
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:39:41 -0800
> Per the Grimoire, for every 2 points of Magic rating you lose, you must
> take a geas -- some sort of limit on your magic skills, that says you have
> to do things like gesture wildly, speak out loud, be drunk, or any other
> such limit you want to impose on yourself (choosing it at the time you
> take the geas). If you don't follow the geas, you get a penalty to your
> magical skill tests.
>
Does this also include from 0-2 magic point of loss, or from 2 and up?

-Toffer
Message no. 2
From: David Post <caelric@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Geasa and physical magicians (was Re: This is bordering on th
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:38:36 -0800
At 10:39 AM 1/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> Per the Grimoire, for every 2 points of Magic rating you lose, you must
>> take a geas -- some sort of limit on your magic skills, that says you have
>> to do things like gesture wildly, speak out loud, be drunk, or any other
>> such limit you want to impose on yourself (choosing it at the time you
>> take the geas). If you don't follow the geas, you get a penalty to your
>> magical skill tests.
>>
>Does this also include from 0-2 magic point of loss, or from 2 and up?
>
>-Toffer
>
It is from 2 on up. As per the Grimoire, pg 52 '...loses 2 FULL points of
his magic attribute, he must chose a geas" (Emphasis mine)

Dave
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Geasa and physical magicians (was Re: This is bordering on th
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:46:15 +0100
According to Davidson, Chris, at 10:39 on 11 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> Does this also include from 0-2 magic point of loss, or from 2 and up?

Every two _full_ points you lose -- so if you take, for example, boosted
reflexes and nothing else, you're fine. Should you then lose a Magic point
due to a Deadly wound, you've got to take a geas because you've now lost 2
points: 1 because your Essence was lowered, and one from the wound.

Simply said, divide your Magic loss by two and round down. The result is
the number of geasa you have to take.

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