| From: | weberm@*******.net (Ubiquitous) |
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| Subject: | Lightning Ball vs Vehicle. Uber Spell or How Does It Work? |
| Date: | Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:40:11 -0400 |
>According to Zebulin, on 29-7-05 03:58 the word on the street was...
>> 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...
Don't the occupants of a vehicle recieve its armor bonuses?
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