 More Overpowered Spells? |
 Jan 17 2006, 10:07 AM
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So I was working on char gen with one of my players, who made a combat mage. With a Spellcasting of 6 and a Magic of 5, we noticed several spells that just seemed incredibly overpowered, specifically, Magic Fingers, Turn to Goo, and Increase Reflexes. I had thought Increase [Attribute] was overpowered but then realized I had misread the rules. Is there, again, something I'm missing here, or should I just shut up and say to myself, "If the PCs can do it, then so can the enemies?"
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blalien More Overpowered Spells? Jan 17 2006, 10:07 AM
Liper hits determine how powerful reflexes are, don... Jan 17 2006, 10:40 AM blalien Yeah, but even so, combined Magic + Spellcasting +... Jan 17 2006, 10:44 AM Tashio You roll Magic + Spellcasting, you don't add f... Jan 17 2006, 10:57 AM Oracle Powerfull <> Overpowered. Turn to Goo is muc... Jan 17 2006, 11:46 AM Sphynx Please explain the 'overpowered' so we can... Jan 17 2006, 12:16 PM Azralon QUOTE (blalien) Yeah, but even so, combined Magic ... Jan 17 2006, 03:05 PM Azralon QUOTE (Sphynx @ Jan 17 2006, 08:16 AM) I can... Jan 17 2006, 03:08 PM emo samurai Is Turn to Stone permanent? Jan 17 2006, 05:27 PM Lagomorph Petrify and Turn to Goo are both sustained, meanin... Jan 17 2006, 05:31 PM emo samurai Awwww... no insta-kill!!! Jan 17 2006, 05:37 PM hyzmarca Just get a chainsaw and behead the statue then dro... Jan 17 2006, 07:03 PM FrankTrollman Turn to Goo/Petrify is better than an instant kill... Jan 17 2006, 07:14 PM blalien Alright, I get what you're saying. Now I have... Jan 17 2006, 07:22 PM Azralon QUOTE (FrankTrollman) The only thing that hacks me... Jan 17 2006, 07:23 PM FrankTrollman The Force is the maximum number of hits. That... Jan 17 2006, 07:24 PM Azralon QUOTE (blalien @ Jan 17 2006, 03:22 PM) Alrig... Jan 17 2006, 07:25 PM blalien Okay, so in summary...
For direct combat spells, ... Jan 17 2006, 07:51 PM FrankTrollman Not net hits, total hits. If you cast at Force 3, ... Jan 17 2006, 07:55 PM Azralon QUOTE (blalien) For direct combat spells, you roll... Jan 17 2006, 08:01 PM Phoenix (A-Team) The detail about cyberware not turning to goo is a... Jan 17 2006, 08:11 PM Azralon Considering the damage to the stone/goo victim tha... Jan 17 2006, 08:16 PM Phoenix (A-Team) I wouldn't even try with a patrified target, b... Jan 17 2006, 08:22 PM Kerberos The goo spell does seem overpowered to me, I mean ... Jan 17 2006, 08:26 PM Azralon The goo has a barrier Armor rating equal to Body +... Jan 17 2006, 08:29 PM Phoenix (A-Team) That's definitely a much more comforting thoug... Jan 17 2006, 08:34 PM BishopMcQ Simple way around it would be to create a speciali... Jan 17 2006, 08:45 PM Phoenix (A-Team) A sound plan with pretty results for the 'cast... Jan 17 2006, 08:54 PM RunnerPaul Ah, but they're not targeting the cyber, they... Jan 17 2006, 09:29 PM Aku but, since the cyber is part of you it should be t... Jan 17 2006, 09:30 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Aku) but, since the cyber is part of you it... Jan 17 2006, 09:39 PM hyzmarca I think the cyberware immunity to Turn To Goo coul... Jan 17 2006, 10:47 PM Galmorez With petrify, it says it turns the target into cal... Jan 18 2006, 12:06 AM Brahm QUOTE (Galmorez) With petrify, it says it turns th... Jan 18 2006, 12:14 AM hyzmarca This idea is why there must be a great demand for ... Jan 18 2006, 12:36 AM Lagomorph QUOTE (Brahm) QUOTE (Galmorez @ Jan 17 2006, ... Jan 18 2006, 12:46 AM hyzmarca Old Bones is lossing a lot of potential profit, to... Jan 18 2006, 01:10 AM blalien Mmm...people... Jan 18 2006, 01:25 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (hyzmarca)This idea is why there must be a g... Jan 18 2006, 03:35 AM Azralon Seriously, if you want to farm for cyberware, it... Jan 18 2006, 04:54 PM Moon-Hawk Plus, if turn to goo has established that it is po... Jan 18 2006, 04:57 PM FrankTrollman I wouldn't call such a spell useless at all. A... Jan 18 2006, 07:50 PM BishopMcQ Reject Cyberware wouldn't necessarily forceful... Jan 18 2006, 08:12 PM Aku QUOTE (McQuillan)Now a telekinetic manipulation th... Jan 18 2006, 09:25 PM mdynna My take on the Turn to Goo spell was not that it w... Jan 18 2006, 09:43 PM BishopMcQ So how would we write that one up? Single target ... Jan 18 2006, 09:44 PM Azralon QUOTE (mdynna @ Jan 18 2006, 05:43 PM) The us... Jan 18 2006, 09:50 PM mdynna So then you have to cast it on another member of t... Jan 18 2006, 10:00 PM Azralon Absolutely. Jan 18 2006, 10:31 PM Phoenix (A-Team) It's all in how one percieves a spell, as to w... Jan 18 2006, 11:49 PM
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