From:	David M Woods <spuwdsda@*******.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: New Spell
Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 1995 14:38:04 +0100

On Sat, 19 Aug 1995, Sebastian Wiers wrote:

> > As for game effects how about +6 TN to hit, near to being blind?
> >
> > - David
> >
> A bad modifier, Imho. If the Shooter hits the image, he/she misses the mage-
> unless the image was in line (behind or in front of ) the mage. Say roll a
> D6, with the image apearing in one of six "hexes" around the mage. One
third
> of the time, it will be inline. Still, it would take luck, not skill, to hit
> the mage when aiming for the image. The other 2/3 of the time, it is more
> like badly aimed suppresive fire. Now, if the shooter realized the image was
> bogus, +6 might not be all bad- the mage is more or less invisible.
>
> seb
>

The image would rarely be directly infront or behind the caster. A third
of the time the caster and image may overlap but the caster would IMHO get
a easier time to dodge and the firer a modifier to TN. You could create
rules for this but how much complication can you take?

- David