From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Wally the Intrepid) |
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Subject: | Questions, quandries, quagmires |
Date: | Sat Dec 8 09:35:01 2001 |
again.
Just to clarify SR3's pp. 176 & 191 info: In astral combat, a Weapon
Focus adds its Force to the wielder's Charisma for the damage code, and also
to the wielder's Sorcery (for lack of a superior skill) for the attack
value. And its base astral damage code is the same that it has on the
Physical. Yes?
In other words, an elf magician with an 8 Charisma and a Sorcery skill
of 6, wielding a Weapon Focus (Sword) - 5, does 15M damage wielding it with
a Sorcery skill of 11?? (Force - 5 Sword Focus base damage = CHA+2+5(M) If
this is so, jeez, this is gonna get nasty!
Oh! Also, can the Weapon Focus-wielding magician still choose to do Stun
damage, astrally?
About Possession, specifically a Free (Hearth) Spirit's use of it: Is
the term "astrally active" the same as the term "Awakened"? If so, why
do
the authors not just use the latter term which is more commonly used?
Anyways, has it always been the rule, throughout the various versions of SR,
that -only- astrally active targets may be Possessed? Mundanes can never be
Possessed in any way, shape or form? When said spirit Possesses an unwilling
(or willing for that matter) magician, does it get access to that magician's
spells, and if so, would it cast them using the magician's (possibly
superior) Sorcery skill. Can it benefit from, and use, the magician's bonded
and active foci? If so, can it activate the magician's inactive, but bonded,
foci?
What happens when a possessed magician tries to traverse a magical
barrier?
Oh, BTW: as per your feedback all this week, our Snake Shaman fought her
astral battle without beneit of either Armor or Increased Reflexes - 3
spells. Her opponent did have Astral Armor though, but thankfully, she still
prevailed (Hmm, possibly because of the magician having to Sustain that
spell.) So thanks very much, as always,
--Wally
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