From:	mike.paff@*****.COM
Subject:	Re: Changing the System (Was [SR3] Magical Magic)
Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:47:31 -0700

From: "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
> You wrote:
> > Damage Staging 1 .... +1 Drain Category
> > Drain Staging 1 .... +1 Drain Category
>
> > Drain Staging 2 .... No Modifier
> > Damage Staging 2 .... No Modifier
>
> > Drain Staging 3 .... -1 Drain Category
> > Damage Staging 3 .... -1 Drain Category
>
> > By this I mean that it would take 3 successes to stage things for Drain
> > Staging 3, etc...sorry to cut this short, gotta walk the dog really quick...
> Well, I think I would still go with Staging 2 for all spells for raising the
> damage, but would maybe go for variable staging in the damage resistance
> (otherwise the staging cuts both ways and changes very little).
>
If you incorporate these changes, make certain that if the target gets more
successes than the caster, he takes no damage. Otherwise, spellcasters
will create base Deadly spells, damage staging 3, and the target would
need to get 12+ successes to take no damage, and the spellcaster would have
less drain in the process.

Mike Paff