| From: | t_little@**********.utas.edu.au (Timothy Little) |
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| Subject: | Re: High-power spells |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Jan 1996 22:35:02 +1100 |
>> >in the order of, oh, 8 or 9 or even higher?
>
> The highest force spell I've ever had with a character I've played
>was a force 10 (exclusive) Urban Renewal. Heh. But that was an extreme
>case, as the character had this thing for demolishing buildings. ;)
Did it work?
I am actually serious in this question, since the mechanics for this spell
are (in my opinion) inadequate for the task that it purports to fulfill.
Say you've got a 12th Grade initiate tossing a Force 10 exclusive expendable
fetish-dependent Urban Renewal spell with Power Focus (9), Manipulation
Category Focus (9), Specific Spell focus (9), Fetish Focus (9), a Force 6
Ally, and a Force 8 Earth elemental at a reasonably solid modern building.
The player gets to roll 60 dice against Target Number 8, and does so
brilliantly, getting 20 successes. These are added to the base Force, for a
total of 30. The area of effect is 66 meters across.
Comparing to the building's Barrier rating (probably 16 - Heavy Structural
Material), we see that the Power of the attack is greater than Barrier
Rating, by 1 increment of half that rating (I'll even round up to 2). So,
the Barrier rating is reduced by 2, and a 2-meter hole is opened in the
building.
All the windows will be smashed, unless they are large windows of Armored
Glass (which will still have a Barrier rating of 1), and non-supporting
walls almost certainly removed.
Try working it out for a *sane* casting. I figure about 15 Power, enough to
smash ballistic windows and average doors within the (say 20m diameter) area
of effect. Is it worth it for 5D drain?
--
Tim Little
