A Few Magic Questions Options

[JaronK]

Forgive me if any of this is answered in books other than the basic rulebook, but that's all I have right now.

1) Can the karma cost at character creation for a spell be zero? For example, I have Entertainment at Force 2. If I make it exclusive, can I make it not cost anything to have this spell? I couldn't find anything in the rules to say otherwise, but it seems a little off to allow that.

2) Same question as above, but for drain. If I cast healthy glow at force 1, by the formula in the book the drain code would be (Force / 2 rounded down) L, or 0L. Does this just mean there's no drain for this spell?

3) When attacking an astral barrier, the book says the barrier does (Force) Medium Damage. It then goes on to say such barriers only fight if attacked. However, it then says when you attack a barrier, you do a contested roll, and the loser loses a point of magic or force. So where does the (Force) Medium damage come in to play?

4) How exactly does stunbolt work? Let's say for example I cast it at Deadly Stun level, force 2, at my opponent. I get 3 successes. Now he gets a willpower roll against the force of the spell (2), and if he gets 3 or more sucesses nothing happens (except that I roll for drain), if he doesn't then he takes deadly stun damage. Is that correct, or does he get to stage down the damage afterwords? If that is correct, it seems a bit strong... I can throw 10 dice at him, which would pretty easily result in more successes than my opponent has willpower, and still give me 10 dice to resist the 1D drain code... is that how it's supposed to be done?

JaronK