From:	Kelly Martin <kelly@*******.BLOOMINGTON.IN.US>
Subject:	Re: ?from my mind?
Date:	Wed, 6 Sep 1995 02:04:27 EST5

"Sebastian" == Sebastian Wiers <seb@***.RIPCO.COM> writes:

>> (house rule about mage damage)- this was to stop the proliferation
>> of force 11 elementals.

Sebastian> HUH? nobody in our campaign summons those, and 5 plus
Sebastian> charismas are common (not just on mages). They are way to
Sebastian> expensive, even if you swing a sucess, and just not as
Sebastian> effective as another runner. Something else is unusual
Sebastian> about your campaign if those are common.

i can't see summoning Force 11 elementals unless healing is remarkably
easy. nobody has an 11 charisma, so the drain is either 11S or 11D
physical. with a 6 charisma, that's 6 dice against a TN of 11; the
chance of getting two successes is only 4 in 100, and the chance of
four is less than 1 in a thousand. even a Rating 5 spirit focus only
improves these odds to 12.2 in 1000 and 2 in 1000, respectively. the
conjuror _will_ take a light wound, is almost certainly going to take
a moderate wound, and stands a very good chance of a severe wound.

so what am i missing? there are mages out there who _like_ taking
severe wounds?

magical healing isn't all that reliable, especially if the caster is
the injured person. it's hard to get _lots_ of successes without
either jacking the force way up or using up all your pool dice on the
force test and leaving none for the drain test.

either i've made a mistake in my analysis, or something in the other
fellow's campaign is decidely not kosher.

k.
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