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From: "Richard C. Osterhout" <rcoster@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Mage Initiative 60 ????
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 19:28:16 -0400
On Tue, 10 Aug 1993, Markus Kalb wrote:

> a character could at best have a base Reaction of 6, with a Reaction +4
> spelllock(or quick.) this makes a 10.
> quickness + and intelligence + spell's did not affect the reaction
> because there is a seperate spell.
> With a second spelllock for Inc. Reflexes +3 (no +4), we have a ini. of
> 10 + 4D6 in the real world.
> this make's a max ini. roll of 34
>
okay, here's how he did it...

intelligence quickness reaction initiative

natural 6 6 6 6 + 1d6
inc int +4 10 6 8 8 + 1d6
inc qck +4 10 10 10 10 + 1d6
inc reaction +3 10 10 13 13 + 1d6
inc reflex +3 10 10 13 13 + 4d6

plus, he also settled for loosing a magic point and got some bioware

synaptic acel 10 10 13 13 + 5d6

that gives a possible initiative roll of 43! with an average roll of 3,
that's still a 28...

also...the way i understood it, quickening is PERMANENT until
dispelled...when an initiate quickens a spell, it is so he doesnt have to
concentrate on it, but unlike a spell lock, it cannot be toggled
on/off...the initiate can dispell his own spell easily of course, but then
he would have to recast and requicken it, which would also burn another
karma point...

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