From:	Rookie <rookie@*******.com>
Subject:	Re: Spell Targetting -aura
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:29:53 -0600

Jonathan Wright wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, dreamwvr wrote:
>
> I assign all LOS penalties to magicians. Of course most visibility
> modifiers can be lessened by simply astrally perceiving when you target,
> giving you a blanket +2 instead of say +4 for dim lighting and an
> additional +2 from light rain for example. I think saying a target has
> to be in full sight to cast a spell makes magic a bit useless in most
> combat situations. The minute spells started flying everyone would take
> cover (if they hadn't already) and snicker at the mage who couldn't do a
> thing about it. On the other side of the coin, eliminating all targeting
> modifiers would make magic way too powerful in my opinion, as the base
> target number of your average mana bolt victim would never be above 6.
>
> Jon Wright

This being my personal opinion,

LOS penalties should apply to Spell casting such as if you can't see
the target at all (Being +8, I can't see you, you can't see me) Therefor
a magician that can only see a foot of a person it would be hard to
channel that magical energy into that little area will be hard to do. So
if you could see them when there taking +4 cover the target would be
easier to hit than if he was taking +6 cover or impossible to hit if he
had +8 cover (Unless the magician had the X-Ray spell.)

The only time that you would be able to do Blind fire is if the spell
was Damaging Manipulation. Such as Acid Stream.



-Rookie the Wolf Shaman