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phlapjack77
post Jul 1 2010, 07:03 AM
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Mist (Environmental, Area)
Type: P • Range: LOS (A) • Duration: I • DV: (F ๗ 2) + 3
Mist creates a thick fog that fills the entire area of effect.
The mist is dense and difficult to see through, imposing a visibility
modifier equal to the hits scored by the caster. Because
the spell is not sustained, the mist dissipates quickly, based
on the surrounding temperature and winds; reduce the vision
modifier by 1 per Combat Turn.


Shadow (Environmental, Area)
Type: P • Range: LOS (A) • Duration: S • DV: (F ๗ 2) + 1
Shadow creates a globe of darkness with a radius equal to the spell’s
Force in meters. Every hit imposes a –1 die pool visibility modifier
against targets within the area (maximum –6).


The only difference that I can see between these two spells is that Mist is Instant, whilest Shadow is Sustained. In the spell creation rules of Street Magic, Duration of Instant and Sustained are both +0 DV.

So why does Mist have a DV of (F/2)+3 and Shadow a DV of (F/2)+1?

Am I missing something (errata?) or is there a misprint somewhere?
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- phlapjack77   Mist vs. Shadow   Jul 1 2010, 07:03 AM
- - Caelwyn   Well shadow has a clearly delineated area of affec...   Jul 1 2010, 07:26 AM
- - phlapjack77   "The base radius for all area spells is the F...   Jul 1 2010, 07:42 AM
|- - toturi   QUOTE (phlapjack77 @ Jul 1 2010, 03:42 PM...   Jul 1 2010, 09:12 AM
- - Caelwyn   Well thats what i get for answering without the bo...   Jul 1 2010, 07:48 AM
- - Makki   would you rule one can't penetrate mist/shadow...   Jul 1 2010, 08:33 AM
- - Traul   Even if it could, one would just have to close the...   Jul 1 2010, 09:20 AM
- - phlapjack77   I agree with you, RAW, it sounds like Mist can go ...   Jul 1 2010, 09:22 AM
- - Ascalaphus   Mist would block low-light vision and thermographi...   Jul 1 2010, 09:27 AM
|- - Traul   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Jul 1 2010, 11:27 AM)...   Jul 1 2010, 09:53 AM
- - phlapjack77   Traul, that's exactly what I'm thinking. ...   Jul 1 2010, 09:30 AM
- - phlapjack77   Ascalaphus, I think both Mist and Shadow block low...   Jul 1 2010, 09:34 AM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (phlapjack77 @ Jul 1 2010, 11:34 AM...   Jul 1 2010, 09:53 AM
- - Czar Eggbert   I would say there are two reasons. 1) Mist can b...   Jul 2 2010, 02:03 AM
- - TheOOB   A sustained spell can last longer, say for stakeou...   Jul 2 2010, 02:51 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Do vision mods actually help for these spells? Sh...   Jul 2 2010, 03:38 AM
- - phlapjack77   I guess everyone has some good points, but I feel ...   Jul 2 2010, 04:58 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Well technically it is correct. It is an illusion...   Jul 2 2010, 05:24 AM
- - phlapjack77   Both are manipulation spells... I agree, hard rul...   Jul 2 2010, 05:31 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Wow, others had said it was an illusion and I had ...   Jul 2 2010, 06:28 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jul 2 2010, 12...   Jul 2 2010, 11:13 PM
- - phlapjack77   I agree, it seems like darkness should be a physic...   Jul 2 2010, 07:15 AM
- - Apathy   Has anyone mentioned yet that shadows/darkness don...   Jul 2 2010, 01:29 PM
- - phlapjack77   Interesting idea... I don't think that's ...   Jul 2 2010, 02:32 PM
- - McCummhail   They are different drain values because of how you...   Jul 2 2010, 06:50 PM
- - Ascalaphus   Could it be because it's for shadowrunners, no...   Jul 3 2010, 12:34 AM
- - phlapjack77   yer right, then we'd be playing this: http://...   Jul 4 2010, 01:26 AM


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