| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Tobias Diekershoff) |
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| Subject: | Illusions & Spellcasting (was: Astral Perception and Spellca |
| Date: | Wed Mar 14 05:25:01 2001 |
>
> Well, this springs up a question: how would you people, rule lawyers, docs
> and other related unearthly beings, rule spells cast at an illusion ?
Well, as I'm not such an unearthy being, I don't know if I could answert this,
but I'll try ;)
> Does even trying to cast a spell at an illusion shows its nature, or do you
> know what you're trying to affect only after - or just when - the spell is
> cast ?
>
> Basically, IMO it boils down to: when are you establishing the astral link
> with the target, before or after "spell weaving" ? (I'm using ED
> terminology for a lack of a better expression.) Of course, this exclude
> elemental manipulations.
>
> I would opt for the later option, personnaly, but for game balance reasons,
> i.e. you could suffer drain from manabolting an illusion. So, opinions ?
I would agree with you, that you establish the astral link with the target,
after you "weaving" the spell - at the end of the castig process and so you
would suffer drain.
I should try it next time with the mage in my group, just to see his face when
the "real" enemy don't plop away as the illusions did :)
> Molloy
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