From:	The Wyrm Ouroboros <aalberdk@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Mind Probe ( part xxx : revenge of.. return...
Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 1993 08:41:38 -0400

> It seems that I am in late because the spell you describe seems to be from the
> SR2 rules, and the one I use is from SR1 ( I'll buy SR2 this afternoon ),
> which is Drain: (F)M1, and you can resist the drain with your willpower and
> this is not a touch spell.
> Yes it is too powerful.
> Also my player has 5 in Willpower, 8 in spellcasting, a power focus 2 and Mind
> Probe Strenth 4, and also I think a detection focus 3 but I'm not sure.
>
> Ben.

Ah, yes, the old 'my God, this is a horrid spell' fit about Mind Probe.
Yes, it's easily defended against, if you've got two people sitting
across a room from each other, casually 'fighting it out.' But consider
-- if you have a fresh, unwounded mage, and you've captured this poor
bastard -- +3 target because of S Stun, +3 target because of S Damage,
plus whatever other target numbers the GM may apply because of
torture/gentle inquiry/leading questions (called RP) by the players.

Now let's see them succeed.

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Ouroboros
The (Dead) Wyrm of the .Net