From:	Chris Davies <rdac005@****.AC.UK>
Subject:	Am I being Stupid
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 93 12:10:09 GMT

Hi I'm a new GM of ShadowRun. I've never played it which makes life
slightly complicated. Is the following senario correct.

Mage with Spell locked (+4 WP) casts Sleep (reusable fetish force 6)
He donates all his Magic Pool to the Spell (6 dice).
This means that he has 6+6+1 dice to roll against a target number of
the WP of the opposition

These are the averages
WP Average Number of Succeses
1 & 2 10.8
3 8.6
4 6.5
5 4.4
6 2.2

The target then meust make a will power save against a target number of 7 (6+1)
This is not done on average more than once.

So for people with 4 and below WP they will on average dice stage up to Deadly s
stun.
This is an area of effect spell that can hit the a large number of people.

The Mage still has 8 dice to resist a drain of (6/2)-1 =2S which means
that he is bound to be standing at the end and odds are that he will
not even be stunned lightly.

Have I missed something or are Mages this powerfull.
Thanks

Chris
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