| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Centering vs Penalties (was Re: [SR3] Spell Rituals) |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:04:16 +0100 |
> > |Any opinions? Which option is used in your groups?
> >
> > Do you mean, "What's the T# for the centering skill?".
> > That is the basic target number for the thing you're doing + penalties.
> > Successes reduce the penalties of the actual skill/spell you're using....
Hate to contradict you, Spike, but for centering against penalties the TN
is the same as for the magical skill test, minus the magician's initiation
grade -- i.e. if you're a Grade 0 initiate casting Power Bolt at a troll
with Body 10 and you're suffering from a Moderate wound, the Centering TN
is 12.
> True, but for an area effect combat spell, there are multiple TNs
> involved, one for each target. Which one is used?
The trouble with this situation is that the spell has multiple TNs (namely
one for each target in range), while the Centering test should probably
have only one. I'd do this by rolling the Centering test and comparing it
to the TN for each target, then noting the successes rolled. The penalties
for each target are then reduced by one-half the successes against that
target.
A quicker, but not as accurate, way would be to use the average TNs.
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