From:	Bruce gyro@********.co.za
Subject:	Drain above D
Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:09:42 +0200

-----Original Message-----
From: Gurth <gurth@******.nl>
To: shadowrn@*********.org <shadowrn@*********.org>
Date: 11 March 1999 01:20
Subject: Re: Drain above D


According to Bruce, at 8:49 on 11 Mar 99, the word on
the street was...

> According to SR3 pg 181 the Drain is (Damage Level +1)
>
> Does the caster then need to generate two successes just to bring
the
> damage down to D?
>
> The same obviously applies to many other spells. Ball Lightning,
> Fireball and Toxic Wave in particular. (+2)

BTB, you add +2 to the Drain Target for every level over Deadly. So, a
Force 6 Mana Bolt (Deadly) would cause 5D drain, not 3(D+1).

However, if you use some kind of overdamage rules, you could apply
these
to drain as well; for example, I start at Light again if damage goes
over
Deadly, so a Mana Bolt at Deadly damage causes 3(D+L) drain, or 11
boxes,
in my campaign. Toxic Wave (Deadly) would be Deadly+Moderate (
boxes).


REPLY
Those arrow thingies are gone for good it seems

Using that system the first pair of success would only remove 1 box
of damage while the nest two would remove four boxes. Right? Sounds
like a problem to me.....

Thoughts?
-- BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>

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