| From: | Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR3] Drain |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Jul 1997 16:02:49 +1000 |
> > fireballs with out taking much drain or drain at all. They're already to
> > powerful this just stands to balance things out. They toss a force 6
>
> How are they powerful if you take this away? Spells are the only
> thing that makes them powerful. It makes no sense to throw a spell
> and take as much or more damage that what you are dishing out.
That doesn't actually happen, you know. I recently retired a sorceror
adept that I was playing under the force-drain rules. Her favourite
spell was her Mana Dart 8. A little centering, some magic pool and a
decent Willpower (and hers was only 4 to start with) and it was quite
conceivable that she'd take NO drain - yet, with 8 spell dice and (say)
4 magic pool dice, against an opponent with (say) 4 willpower, that's an
average of 6 successes. And I'd like to see someone with willpower 4
resist an 8D, while I take no drain (or a Light drain at worst).
The Force Drain rule is QUITE workable for mages... you just have to be
careful with what you cast and at who. (It also makes Fetish Foci
REALLLLLLLY useful :)
Lady Jestyr
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