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From: "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject: Re: MANA vs PHYSICAL spell
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:40:48 -0500
You wrote:
> Magic rules regarding use of MANA vs PHYSICAL spells:

> When can you use what and what is the advantage of a mage using powerbolt on another
being as opposed to manabolt?

> More often then not, a person will have a lower willpower than body. The NPC stats
also reflect this.

The point is not that physical spells are better, they're different. A
powerbolt can kill doors, cars, pop cans, whatever you want to shoot with it,
while mana spells only hit living things... When you want to take someone down
without damaging their property, you use the mana spell, for instance.

losthalo

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