| From: | NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR3] Drain |
| Date: | Thu, 3 Jul 1997 15:30:38 -0400 |
>At 01:12 PM 7/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>OK, survey question #2 (following up on the Pet Peeves thread):
>>
>>Many people have suggested setting Spell Drain TNs back at Force instead of
>>F/2. What do people think of this? Please remember, I need to know WHY you
>>think the idea is good or bad.
>>
>>Steve K.
>>
>Definitely too much, I know that many complain about the power of the mage
>relative to other character types but really ther isn't that much of a gap
>as long as the GM is a little careful about how magic is used; for example;
>as long as quickened force 5+ personal bullet barrier spells are not as
>common as Ares Predators (Yeah right, like anything could be more common
>than ares predators) the fast-trained-guys-with-guns aren't that bad off.
>In fact, now that I think about it, the F/2 to F move is not just a bad
>idea; but a really scarily bad idea; jeez DOUBLING the TN for drain
>resistance makes being a mage not at all attractive. Might as well
>cyber-up since you're gonna fall unconscious as soon as you cast a spell
>anyway! If you went with this move you'd either have to alter the rules
>for the fading of stun wounds to make the massive drain dissapate or
>dramatically alter the tone of magic in SR.
but the thing is that that they don't even think twice about sending off a
force 6 or better spell because they won't risk falling over. There's been
two many time i've seen a mage toss five and six spells at force 6 or better
and not even break a sweat.
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