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 Sep 6 2006, 04:02 PM
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Force 9 shattershield: drain DV 1
I'm not against a limited-target touch-range mana spell having a drain DV of 1, but I am against overcasting it so high without additional risk, especially when Force equates directly to damage. Were there any published suggestions for making overcasting more risky that I missed? I was thinking +1DV per Force point over Magic rating. |
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2bit Overcasting Sep 6 2006, 04:02 PM
Samaels Ghost It usually is a problem to overcast. I think this ... Sep 6 2006, 04:07 PM Thanee I'm with you there... overcasting is clearly t... Sep 6 2006, 04:08 PM Metasigil If you're so annoyed about Shattershield that ... Sep 6 2006, 04:10 PM James McMurray If it has a DV of 1 at force 9 it can't do a h... Sep 6 2006, 04:17 PM Moon-Hawk It obliterates wards, in such a way as to immediat... Sep 6 2006, 04:19 PM Kremlin KOA Note to self, Hire wiz kid mage gangs with shatter... Sep 6 2006, 04:20 PM James McMurray Ah, then I don't see a problem with the spell.... Sep 6 2006, 04:21 PM Samaels Ghost You're still leaving a thick astral signature ... Sep 6 2006, 04:27 PM James McMurray That's why I said "campaign" not ... Sep 6 2006, 04:28 PM Cold-Dragon on a side note, the SM section says drain, which i... Sep 6 2006, 04:32 PM 2bit Right. Ridiculous combat spells like fireball are... Sep 6 2006, 04:38 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Samaels Ghost) You're still leaving a t... Sep 6 2006, 04:43 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Cold-Dragon) (and I think it is actually ma... Sep 6 2006, 04:45 PM Cold-Dragon Okay then, the signature will tell a person off ha... Sep 6 2006, 04:50 PM James McMurray QUOTE (Cold-Dragon) the variant rule was to soften... Sep 6 2006, 05:05 PM Cold-Dragon *wishes the authors had more blatant ID so he can ... Sep 6 2006, 05:08 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Cold-Dragon) Okay then, the signature will ... Sep 6 2006, 05:25 PM Lagomorph QUOTE (2bit) Another option: what if you apply th... Sep 6 2006, 05:26 PM Slithery D Having raised the Shattershield "panic,... Sep 6 2006, 05:38 PM rangda There is a very simple solution to this problem. ... Sep 6 2006, 05:53 PM Slithery D Or analogize the kind of astral assaults I'm t... Sep 6 2006, 05:54 PM Demerzel A warding anchor can not move. If it moves the wa... Sep 6 2006, 05:57 PM Slithery D We talked about that in another thread a couple of... Sep 6 2006, 06:05 PM hobgoblin QUOTE (Slithery D) Enter reflecting wards, which f... Sep 6 2006, 06:56 PM Shrike30 QUOTE (hobgoblin) so sure it would be spectacular,... Sep 6 2006, 07:20 PM 2bit Ok, alternate drain formula: (Force +- drain mods)... Sep 6 2006, 08:39 PM X-Kalibur My GM had set it up so that overcasting increased ... Sep 6 2006, 08:50 PM hobgoblin QUOTE (Shrike30) QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Sep 6 200... Sep 6 2006, 09:20 PM Samaels Ghost Now all we need is a comparison to Nazis and we... Sep 6 2006, 09:23 PM lorechaser The book says to divide first. Do you hate the bo... Sep 6 2006, 11:16 PM Samaels Ghost Hoorah! Sep 6 2006, 11:31 PM Dissonance hitler.jpg^50
Okay, so dumpshock doesn't do i... Sep 6 2006, 11:58 PM NightHaunter Yeah, I covered this in a previous thred.
I gets m... Sep 7 2006, 03:41 PM Samaels Ghost QUOTE (NightHaunter) Yeah, I covered this in a pre... Sep 7 2006, 03:48 PM DireRadiant Doesn't overcasting do physical drain which ca... Sep 7 2006, 04:22 PM James McMurray Drain cannot be healed magically, but some spells ... Sep 7 2006, 04:26 PM Slithery D Yes. If a player forced his spirit to overcast, it... Sep 7 2006, 04:28 PM NightHaunter QUOTE (DireRadiant) Doesn't overcasting do phy... Sep 7 2006, 04:45 PM James McMurray Street Magic states that it is an optional rule to... Sep 7 2006, 04:48 PM DireRadiant QUOTE (NightHaunter) QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Sep... Sep 7 2006, 04:50 PM Metasigil There is no page reference... yet. One of the wr... Sep 7 2006, 04:51 PM NightHaunter QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Sep 7 2006, 05:50 PM) QU... Sep 7 2006, 05:01 PM Cakeman Astral offensive wins... you know, since I like th... Sep 7 2006, 05:37 PM Butterblume QUOTE (Cakeman)Potential Shattershield Inhibition ... Sep 7 2006, 05:59 PM Shrike30 QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Sep 6 2006, 02:20 PM) im n... Sep 7 2006, 08:50 PM Cold-Dragon QUOTE (Metasigil @ Sep 7 2006, 11:51 AM) Ther... Sep 7 2006, 09:10 PM Cognitive Resonance QUOTE (Slithery D) and automatically applying the ... Sep 7 2006, 09:41 PM Slithery D Sidebar, pg. 178 of SR4. It's an option to kee... Sep 7 2006, 09:53 PM hobgoblin QUOTE (NightHaunter) QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Sep... Sep 8 2006, 02:48 AM knasser QUOTE (NightHaunter) QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Sep... Sep 9 2006, 11:07 PM
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