| From: | Justin Pinnow <vanyel@*******.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: All-ones rule and spells |
| Date: | Mon, 7 Jul 1997 11:58:52 -0400 |
> Date: Monday, July 07, 1997 7:51 AM
> Loki said on 2:29/ 6 Jul 97...
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> > We finally ruled that 1's equal to or greater than Sorcery -OR- all
> > dice coming up 1's, whichever is lower, means the spell caster flubbed
> > it.
> That sounds like a good enough compromise. If you were to base it on the
> spell's Force, then even the world's greatest spellcasters would have a
> major chance of a fumble when casting low-Force spells, while avoiding
> fumbles should be based on skill -- someone who doesn't know what he or
> she is doing has a much greater chance of messing up big-time than
someone
> who's done the same thing a million times before.
> OTOH this does mean that if you cast a spell with less dice than your
> skill level you never ever mess up. Since spellcasting is supposed to be
> more of an art than a science, that doesn't feel right either. In short,
> I'd base it on the Sorcery skill, but let all ones take precedence, like
> you suggest.
Here's another suggestion. How about you use the standard magical misfire
rules (basing it on the force of the spell), BUT when casting a spell you
make an extra wound modified (4) test with your sorcery skill. Every
success earned offsets one 1 rolled while casting the spell. This does
NOT, however, apply to rolling all 1's. That is a botch, and can only be
avoided with karma, per the normal rules. Of course, there is no need for
making this extra test unless you are going to misfire with the way the
dice rolled. If you don't roll enough 1's to misfire, just don't make this
test. This test is an attempt to hold the magic together in the form of
the spell being cast, while it is trying to come apart at the seams. I
allows for knowledge of magic to offset some of the hazards of stuffing too
much mana into too small of a base spell. Comments?
> --
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Justin :)
