| From: | "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: Re[2]: Bugs [p] |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:46:34 +0000 |
> > So you can't have it hang around waiting for a bug to attack you.
> Well to be pernickety (whatever taht means :) you could give it teh order
> "Hang around me in astral until a bug spirit attacks me, then attack it
> till its dead". :)
May I suggest "Attack anything that's taking offensive actions agains me" as
command?
> > And trying to summon enough watchers to make a difference just before a
> > bug attacks you might not be too wise. It takes 4 complex actions to
> > summon 4 watchers, and you are GUARANTEED to have 4 boxes of stun damage
> > due to drain. (hours x force level) L Drain.
> You won't necessarily take drain, if you conjure them for just one hour at
> force 2 (assuming you get 4 successes on your conjuring test) then drain
> is only 2L stun an remember you resist with Willpower not charisma for
> watchers.
You can even go higher, even a force 4 Watcher should be doable. After all,
you need 2 fours in your willpower test. And show me the magician who doesn't
manage _this_ :-)
> > It was a nice idea, but full of holes.....
> I'm not so sure about those holes, I use the same tactic myself.
The only hole was the just one spirit per domain thingy (that didn't apply,
since we use a house rule here. I just had forgotten, as I already wrote)
> Here's another lovely way to use watchers. Get them to manifets visibly
> and audibly (they can do this, they are just still intangible) right in
> teh face of your enemy, blind him and deafen him simultaneously -major
> distractions, major pluses to his TN :)
*grin* *make notes* Did I tell you I start being GM again next Thuesday? Do
you want to know who'll be surprised? :-)
(God, am I happy none of my players is on the list! :-)
> My mage eldritch uses watchers all teh time, as he never astrally
> perceives or projects (he's paranoid of attacks and groundings), they see
> the astral and tell eldritch what they see. They usually appear as cats,
> crows, and rats.
You are lucky - mine appear as the blops described in "Burning Bright" - just
spheres with _large_ eyes and mouthes. I am always happy if at least my nature
spirits choose a somewhat serious form... :-/
Sascha
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