From:	Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Ally Spirit Damage
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 05:26:18 -0500

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> Re: Ally Spirit Damage (Gurth , Mon 5:39)

> > Say, my force 4 ally spirit comes up against a mage with a sorcery skill of
> > 5 who is astrally projecting. How is combat resolved?
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> As per the normal astral combat rules: in essence, melee combat using the
> magician's Sorcery or Unarmed Combat skill and the spirit's Reaction
> (because it's a critter), which equals its Force. See page 148 of SRII:
> "Combat with magical creatures follows the general rules for the
> environment, physical or astral, where the battle is taking place."
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What IS an ally spirits reaction??? Easy to calculate, given the
stats- are those stats used in astral space, also?
Why couldn't the ally use socery skill, or unarmed, just like a mage?

-X Mongoose