| From: | Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au |
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| Subject: | Magic Barriers (spell) |
| Date: | Fri, 26 Mar 1999 01:43:29 +1100 |
> Another question that's been bugging me. How do any of you handle
>Barriers (especially the Barrier Spell)? The spell states that if the
>Barrier is penetrated, it drops. Does this mean you can't fire through it
>and can only fire to bring it down? In either case, against fire arms, do
>you use twice the barrier rating or the normal rating (for the spell) and do
>you use the Base power of the weapon or not.
I interpret "penetrated" to mean Breaking Through as per page 125, not Firing
Through as per page 124. In everything else, I treat the Physical Barrier spell
like physical walls with all the associated rules. So, a character can fire at
targets on the other side of the Physical Barrier as long as his weapon's base
power exceeds the barrier's force. If, on the other hand, the character is
trying to break through, i.e. penetrate the Physical Barrier, he bases his
calculations on twice the force of the Physical Barrier. If he succeeds (for
which he needs an appropriately big weapon with a high base power) the spell
collapses.
> As for all types of barriers, why does it state that if you are
>attacking through a barrier, blunt weapons use the normal rating and edge
>weapons use twice the rating but for bringing down a barrier melee attacks
>use twice the rating? Also it states that firearms use twice the barrier
The idea seams to be that punching through a barrier to attack a target is
easier for solid, heavy, blunt weapons as compared to swords and knives.
However, I thing I'll put any polearm or big sword (e.g. Claymores,
Zweihanders) in with blunt weapons for this rule.
When it comes to actually breaking through a barrier, I thing the idea is that
melee attacks are much less effective than demolitions or rockets.
>rating to bring down a barrier, do you use the standard barrier rating then
>for firing through? (it says to use the adjusted barrier rating, adjusted
>for what?)
Yes, the base barrier rating is used for firing through with firearms. I think
the "adjusted" adjective, in the Firing Through section, is used to include
previous attacks possibly having reduced the barrier rating.
Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
