| From: | Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au |
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| Subject: | Spellcasting...so how do I do this? |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Mar 1999 23:34:52 +1100 |
>OK, so what about power foci and the like? Am I to understand that
>power foci can add to any number of dice my spell pool up to its
SR3 does not state that power and spell foci dice are added to the spell pool,
though doing so would limit the number of extra dice that can be applied to a
Sorcery test (max spell pool dice added to the roll is equal to Sorcery). In
Sorcery, these foci dice can be used anywhere that spell pool dice can be used.
I use foci dice as another pool independent of, but used in the same way as,
the spell pool.
>Force? So wouldn't that mean (using the previous example) that if I
>was using a bonded Power Foci 2, I could smack a target with up to 13
>dice? I mean, from this viewpoint, a Mana Bolt at 2S would be a
>mop-up spell from hell simply because the Drain is so low and I'd toss
>more dice at the target than possibly has! (say, 9 dice at a target
>with a Body of 3)
You most certainly can get this number of dice rolled if you don't assume the
foci dice are made part of the spell pool. As I said before, he's a kick-ass
mage. It's a bit like the sammy with an Assault Rifle skill of six and a
customized FN HAR in terms of damage-dealing potential. However, in your
example above, give the target an above average willpower and an allied
magician or earth elemental using spell defence - the result might not be as
perfectly clear cut as you think. Further, in your example above, unless your
magician has a Willpower of 6 and some karma for re-rolls, he'll still be
taking drain, and that's a slippery slope to take in the middle of a battle.
Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
