| From: | Michael _ your_raven@*******.com |
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| Subject: | Spellcasting...so how do I do this? |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:50:04 PST |
spell may seem awesome on paper, but casting it may knock you
unconscious from the drain, so who cares about the damage you do?
The really smart thing is to have a really good sorcery skill and a good
willpower. Then cast your spell at like Force 1 or 2 and throw most of
your spell pool dice and sorcery dice into it. Sure your opponent might
need 2's to resist your 2D mana bolt, but if his Willpower is like 4,
even if he gets all 4 successes you still only need to score 3 to kill
him since he can't downstage the damage with only 1 success to his
advantage. Then, since you only cast it at force 2 you have no problem
shaking the drain.
This tactic does have flaws still though. If the enemy has a mage
handing out spell defense dice, then suddenly all those goons and street
samurai with Wills of 3-5 become a problem to kill with 2D spells. Also,
if your target has a good Will (or Bod for a power bolt), then you might
not end up with enough successes to get him in one spell. Finally, for
vehicles the 3rd rules require you to cast big Force spells just to
pierce the armor so forget about the 2D method. Basically, if your
enemies have middle to lowish stats that you are targeting with mana
bolt or power bolt and there is no spell defense waiting around, the 2D
lots of dice method wins every time.
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