| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Spell types (was Re: Centering vs Penalties) |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:55:23 +0100 |
> > Furthermore, I don't see what the big fuss is about -- there is no
> > difference to the resistance if an area-effect combat spell is aimed at a
> > person or a meter beside him/her.
>
> Actually, there is a BIG difference. If it is at the person/spot next to
> someone else, then two damage ranges are dealt with. First one is the person
> the spell is actually ground into, s/he/it has no armor bonuses, because it
> is his/her/its aura that is being ground into. The second area is the "blast
> zone" of the combat spell. Think of it like a dam being opened. The hole
> where the water is going through is directly affected by the power, while the
> surrounding region is caught in the "secondary wash". Thus, the question
of
> armor counting for those caught in the blast versus those that are the target
> point of the blast.
Good idea, except I've always understood that that doesn't happen to
with spells. They're not grenades that detonate at a certain point and
then move outward; the effects of a spell appear in the whole area at the
same moment.
I just checked SRII (page 130) and the Grimoire (page 111) and
unfortunately neither gives an indication which of the ttwo
interpretations is right. In fact especially the text in the Grimoire is
ambiguous enough to be open to both interpretations :(
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