| From: | "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: The Digital Mage does America |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Jul 1997 23:57:43 -0500 |
> Sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Mention of Damaging Manipulations
> reminds me: the Grimmy says they've got to have Elemental effects
> (actually, it just says that they 'always' have them, even so...), and
> gives an explanation that is only a little more complicated than 'just
> because' :) What I'm wondering is the exact reasoning behind this (other
> than game balance). I would just like a basic reasoning behind why it is
> that, btb, you cannot create a mana-based DM. Or one that is simply
> physical.
Because manipulations don't damage things/people through their aura directly,
that is the exclusive domain (the definition, in fact) of Combat Spells. A
damaging manipulation causes damage not to the target, but by making something
which damages the target (a blast of fire, ice, sand, air, electricity,
whatever). It works through a medium.
losthalo
