| From: | Adam Treloar <guardian@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Parrying Damaging manipulations (Was: At a LOS) |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Dec 1997 22:59:35 +1100 |
> > > I would, however, give a physad with the missile parry ability the chance
> > > to parry a damaging manipulation spell.
> >
> > You had me on your side until that last statement. ;)
> >
> > I don't treat magical spells/items/whatever the same as a mundane
> > missile/projectile. Besides, lots of damaging manipulation spells are area
> > effect spells and would be impossible to parry.
>
> Agreed, but single target spells like fire bolt could, if allowed, be
> parried. This is not to say that it would be easy, just possible.
> Actually, to tie this into another thread, a magic parry ability would
> make a good initiate power for physads. I would give a physad 1 die per
> level to attempt to parry a damaging manipulation spell targeted at him,
> in addition to any magic pool dice the physad might have (power foci,
> sorcery skill), and the ability would work in a fashion similar to
> reflective shielding, except that the spell could not be parried back at
> anyone. Of course, this would not work on area effect spells.
Considering combat spells, they activate/blowup/hurt( :P ) when they hit a
person's AURA. Unless you're parrying with something that doesn't have an
aura, it's gonna go off.
With regards toi manipulation spells in general, and damaging ones in
particular, they activate when they hit something, including whatever the
adpet is parrying with. All it'd achieve would be to get it to blow where
it was intercepted.
Guardian
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So there."
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