From:	Dennis Watson <watson@*******.SCRI.FSU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Healing spell
Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 1993 13:38:40 EDT

A debate on how many times a person can be magically healed.
> >>>>> "RPM" == Role Playing Manager
<moria@*****.eerie.fr>
> >>>>> "rat" == Stainless Steel Rat
<ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
>
> RPM> How many consecutive times is a mage able to cast an healing
> RPM> spell on one person?
>
> rat> There are two potential answers:
>
> rat> 1) Once.
>
> rat> 2) As many times as she likes, with a cumulative +2 to her T#s for each
> rat> successive casting, just like using Skills.
>
> Not according to the SR I rules:
>
> p94 (Health Spells):
>
> "Each retry at healing the same subject increases the Target Number
> for the Force Success Test by +2, whether the spell was interrupted
> or the Force Success Test simply scored no successes."
>
This was of course the case in SR I. In SR II, the nature of these
spells has changed somewhat. You no longer heal wound catagories, but
instead each success heals one box of damage. And you only get one
attempt. If you fail, you can try again. If you get even one success,
thats it. Not unless the victim is wounded again can you heal them,
and then only to where they were when they took the new wound. One
healing, or treat, attempt per wound.
This is of course party line. If you don't like it, change it. I
myself find that it's balanced and makes the person toting the medkit
feel better about dragging the thing around :-)
--
Lord Dennis E. Watson, B.A.M.F., Master of the Cheese.
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we bluff our way through. If that fails, we shoot anything that
moves, get what we want, and then shoot our way out."
"I didn't say it was a _good_ plan."