From:	John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Stun vs Regeneration
Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:10:15 EST

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:23:46 -0500 Midn Daniel O Fredrikson
<m992148@****.NAVY.MIL> writes:
>This may sound stupid, but I don't remember anything in the area of
>regernation refering to stun damage. But it would be stupid to be
>able
>knock out a vamp with a punch when you could shoot him full of holes
>and
>he wouldn't be hurt. And if he heals stun at the same rate, vamp
>mages
>must be really nasty.
You're right, they would. Which is why they don't. That and because Stun
damage doesn't (in game terms:) represent "real" damage-like open wounds
and similar bits and pieces.
>
>Regeneration vs Magic Loss: do shapeshifters, vamps, and other
>magically
>active regerating creatures loose magic when taking deadly wounds, or
>does
>their ability to regerate decrease the chances since there body is
>resuming its original form, there would be less chance of misalignment
>between the spirit and the body.
>
"Despite these impressive regenerative powers, shapeshifter characters
are not indestructible. If a shapeshifter takes damage equal to or
greater than his or her Body Rating + 10, the character dies, regardless
of his or her form. A shapeshifter magician who survives Deadly damage
must still check for magic loss per standard rules. Additionally,
shapeshifter magicians regenerate the Physical damage caused by
spellcasting Drain at a rate of 1 Damage box per minute. If a
shapeshifter takes Deadly Physical damage from Drain, the player
character rolls 1D6; the character dies on a result of 1 or 2."

Quoted from what FASA posted concerning shapeshifters as PCs on the
Internet. So, I would rule that regenerate mages would still have to
check for Magic loss...as for casting spells with physical drain, I think
the above limitation would work for a nice equalizer:)

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