| From: | gurth@******.nl (Gurth) |
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| Subject: | Lightning Ball vs Vehicle. Uber Spell or How Does It Work? |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:47:39 +0200 |
> Let's say I have a magic user, Magic Rating: 8 (he's an Initiate) and
> Lightning Ball: 8 (maximum force). He's casting it against a vehicle with 12
> points of vehicle armor.
>
> Can it affect it? What happens to it? From what I understand, the TN is 4
> for the mage to hit the vehicle. Have I missed something crucial? What
> happens to the Rigger who's remote controlling it?
With its 12 armor, the vehicle is immune to the spell. You need to halve
the spell's Force and then compare it to the armor rating; if it doesn't
exceed it, the spell will do nothing to the vehicle. As if I really need
to spell this out: 8 / 2 = 4, and that's less than 12 :)
The rigger problem is more interesting, though: it's Lightning _Ball_
you're casting, so it will affect everything in its AoE regardless of
LOS. Since the rigger is (presumably) inside the vehicle, he's in the
AoE and so gets hit by that Force 8 spell. You may not kill the vehicle,
but you'll probably kill the driver...
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