From:	Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject:	[SR] My favorite spells
Date:	Tue, 21 May 1996 23:33:27 -0400 (EDT)

At 04:23 PM 5/21/96 GMT, you wrote:
>> From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>


Just for the record, the first three spells aren't mine; I think ScatCat
claimed them.

>> > Yes, but it doesn't *have* to be. Three of my favorite spells
>> >are non-voluntary levitation,
>Standard,

>> > non-voluntary spectacle, and

>Presumably useed to acuire 'nutralised but can still walk out of here
>to save carrying unconcious bodies? as Control actions has a pesky
>threshold

???
Isn't Spectacle just like an AD&D illusion spell?
I'm not sure what you meant here.

>> >non-touch-required mind probe. There's nothing stopping mages from
>> >researching or modifying these spells if they're willing to pay the extra
>> >drain to cast them. (F/2+4)D is not so bad considering you can tell what
>> >"that guy way over there" has on his mind.
>>
>Yes but thats 4D for force 5 even fetish exclusive, so handy but you
>would have to be careful how you use it as that needs 16 dice for
>average no drain (ok karma does wonders but is a finite resource)

My mages never cast DM spells without spending a point of karma for
successes. *grin*

>> One of my favorite modified spells are Heal Myself (aka Personal Heal), Heal
>> Me (Heal one specific person),

>Bit expensive in karma really you might find bying more centering
>more efficient generally as your only reason can be for very high
>force, heal is 2's target for drain all the way to force 5. and 2S is
>not that bad.

Oops, I forgot drain is only (F/2), but I'd like to be able to put more dice
towards sucesses for Mr. "I am a black splotch on the Astral Plane" Samauri.

Of course, the real payoff is when you teach it to your familar. *grin*

>> and Ranged Decrease Charisma -2 (or 3).
>>
>Ah trying attribute = 0 = incap! nasty, very nasty. Sure treat those
>munchkins with low charsimas a lesson for free (as it so useful
>even without any around) while you are at it.

You wouldn't believe how many below-average characters there are.

One of my players is considering carrying a small bag of caltrops, razor
blades, and broken glass and dumping the contents into a Poltergeist spell
he casts. Do you think this would give a bonus to the damage?


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