From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Spell types (was Re: Centering vs Penalties)
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:14:38 +0100

Caric said on 9:52/16 Jul 97...

> How did it explain it in first edition?

Probably worse ;)

> Spike? Loki?

Hey, I started playing SR with first edition too you know! :)

One of the biggest problems with SR1 is the way in which all spellcasting
rules have been thrown together. There's still a piece of paper in my
falling apart SR1 book with a step-by-step spellcasting guide... Ah, here
it is, page 81: "When casting an area-effect spell, the magician rolls
his dice for his Success Test only once, but Target Numbers may vary for
each character within the effect radius. Count the successes separately
for each target within the radius." It then continues with an example of
Neddy casting a Fireball against three targets, one in the open, one
behind a low wall, and one who just dove through a window. The second
targets gets a +2 for the wall, and the third a +4 for the window.

<whiskey commercial voice>Nothing's changed, really...</whiskey commercial
voice>

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