Message no. 1

From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Quickening and Anchoring [not riggers anymore!]
Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:13:11 GMT

Ubiquitous writes

> At 12:31 AM 8/21/96 -0500, chris wrote:
>
> >>Dooh! I could have SWORN I read that somewhere... *shrug*
> >
> > What you were probably remembering is the fact that you cannot
> >QUICKEN combat spells. As it turns out you can anchor basically any
> >spell, not matter what category/duration it falls under.
>
> OK, would one determine the effect of an anchored spell at the time it goes off
> with Force dice only, or is it "pre-rolled"?
>
I would advise you to simply record the number of dice allocated to
the spells success test at the time the spell is anchored (force plus
allocated pool, foci etc). This means the player does not know how
effective it will be and allows you to factor in effects of things
such as background count on the target numbers.

Note this latter affects spell locked/quickened detect enemies etc as
well as it makes detection harder. It would not affect pre cast
barriers, levitation etc thoguh (one big headache avoided)

> You can only use a DM for non-instantaneous ones, right?
>
No you could anchor flame bombs quite happily, just make sure you are
well away from ground zero when they go off :)

Mark