| From: | bsingley@*****.com (Ben Singley) |
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| Subject: | Query: Damaging Manipulations an Spell Defense |
| Date: | Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:29:18 -0400 |
It is my understanding that spell defense an shielding affect damaging
manipulation spell energy in the same manner in which they affect any other
type of incoming spell.
A friend, fellow gamer, and fellow hermetic mage player (he's init grade 6,
I'm init grade 3, but I've earned twice as much karma. haha) has argued
that spell defense and shielding may not be used to defend against damaging
manipulations.
He argues that the actual damage taken is from the elemental affect, which
comes into being as a result of the spell energy and that the spell energy
is entirely extinguished the process of creating the elemental affect.
Therefore, as one is resisting actual fire or acid or whatever and not
spell energy in and of itself, spell defense/shielding is useless. He
notes also that armor reduces the power level of the attack and combat pool
dice may be used to resist the damage. In sum, the rules state that one
resists in the same manner as a ranged combat attack.
My character has among his spells flamethrower and flamebomb at relatively
high force ratings (expendible fetishes get the force up to 9). Sounds
fine on the one hand. But I argue that since half the spell energy comes
in on the physical plane and half comes in on the astral (see either SRII
sourcebook or Grimoire somewhere), one may, in fact, use spell
defense/shielding dice normally.
Comments?
Ben-who-hails-from-the-metaplane-of-Virginia
