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From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: Spell loss
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:39:21 +0200
At 17:45 Uhr 21.05.96, Helge Diernaes wrote:
>> And just because you've got a force 6 spell, doen't mean you can't cast it
>> at a lower force......
>You sure about that? I recall - don't have the Book here right now - that
>a fashion(4) was a completely different spell from a fashion (5), so when
>you want to upgrade, you have to learn a whole new spell which is why it
>is almigthy easy to keep mages in low force spells if one denys them the
>opportunities of getting upgrade materials. Much easier for PC's to
>gain in skills and abilities .....
(Woops... first chance to interfere) Yes, absolutely positive. SRII, p. 128
(Damn, my magic section starts falling apart as my combat section! :-( )
"They [magicians] voluntarily can cast the spell at a lower, reduced Force,
but can never cast the spell at a higher Force then what they have learned."

>I read this about 4 months ago - it can a real hell being a GM and not
>having the books. I've not the inclination to buy, only to loan and read.
>But then it has worked quite good so far :) - so please correct me if
>Mr. Halliwell is right and I've Alzheimer (sp?). Shouldn't wonder....
Obviously not :-)

Sascha

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