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Message no. 1
From: Quicksilver qwksilvr@*****.com
Subject: quick question on spellcasting...
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 15:36:12 -0500
Ok folks, how would you handle this one?

I cast Deathtouch, any force, with a base damage of light.
What, if any, roll is necessary to resist drain? Am I missing something?

Hg

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Message no. 2
From: Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject: quick question on spellcasting...
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:19:16 -0500
: I cast Deathtouch, any force, with a base damage of light.
: What, if any, roll is necessary to resist drain? Am I missing something?
:
: Hg


I think you would reduce the drain TN by 2 for each level below light.
Its not a printed rule, afaik, but that is how you'd do it during spell
design, which is the basis for the figuring of the drain codes. So you'd
likely have a 2L drain.

Mongoose
Message no. 3
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: quick question on spellcasting...
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:26:26 +0200
According to Quicksilver, at 15:36 on 7 Apr 99, the word on
the street was...

> Ok folks, how would you handle this one?
>
> I cast Deathtouch, any force, with a base damage of light.
> What, if any, roll is necessary to resist drain? Am I missing something?

Drain for Death Touch is (Drain Level-1). However, according to the
Grimoire, if a DL modifier reduces the Drain below Light, it stays at
Light instead. So, a Death Touch spell at Light damage would cause
(Force/2)L drain.

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Message no. 4
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: quick question on spellcasting...
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:26:26 +0200
According to Mongoose, at 23:19 on 7 Apr 99, the word on
the street was...

> I think you would reduce the drain TN by 2 for each level below light.
> Its not a printed rule, afaik, but that is how you'd do it during spell
> design

Sorry, but you don't. You do _in_crease the Drain Target by +2 for every
level over Deadly, but you don't reduce the Drain Target accordingly for
Drain Levels below Light. This is explicitly stated in the Grimoire (at
the very top of page 119). Of course, MITS might change this, but I for
one haven't seen that one yet...

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->The Plastic Warriors Page: http://shadowrun.html.com/plasticwarriors/<-
-> The New Character Mortuary: http://www.electricferret.com/mortuary/ <-

GC3.1: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+(++)@ U P L E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+
PE Y PGP- t(+) 5++ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998

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