 Not Enough Actions!, How to go Astral and cast a spell in the same turn. |
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 Feb 10 2008, 02:21 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 10,845  |
Okay, mage is infiltrating the building, and astral guard sees him and manifest to tell him to stop.
Mage goes astral to fry to poor son of a bitch. This takes a simple action. Now he wants to Stun ball him, how is the resolved. Does he have to wait till the next pass? or can he start to cast it, but the guard gets a simple action first? |
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Feb 10 2008, 02:23 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
He has to wait.
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 Feb 10 2008, 02:24 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,173 Joined: 27-July 05 From: some backwater node Member No.: 7,520 |
He would need to wait, unless he somehow manages to surprise the guard. Doing something to not get killed until his turn might be a good idea, though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Feb 10 2008, 02:30 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 10,845 |
Thanks, I tried to compromise by allowing him to cast at the same time as the other mage. He still smoked the sucker.
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Feb 10 2008, 03:00 AM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,873 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Security mage manifests speaks.
Pass #1: Security mage holds action? Runner mage astrally perceives. Security mage takes action to return fully to the astral. Pass #2: Security Mage uses astral init Runner Mage uses meat body init. Manifesting was a stupid decision. The security mage should have sent a messenger watcher and held action, then when the runner mage perceives he blasts him on the same pass. |
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Feb 10 2008, 03:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 10,845 |
QUOTE (Redjack @ Feb 9 2008, 11:00 PM)  Manifesting was a stupid decision. The security mage should have sent a messenger watcher and held action, then when the runner mage perceives he blasts him on the same pass. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) You are correct. This will not happen again, lol. Also, new question, do sustaining modifiers affect drain tests, or resistance (damage or magical) tests? Need to know. |
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Feb 10 2008, 03:40 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (nathanross @ Feb 10 2008, 02:38 PM) Also, new question, do sustaining modifiers affect drain tests, or resistance (damage or magical) tests? Need to know. Nope! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 10 2008, 04:33 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Although the wageMage made a tactial error, the runner made an even bigger one, he should have burnt Edge to ensure that he'd go first after popping into the Astral.
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Feb 10 2008, 05:15 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Feb 10 2008, 03:40 AM) Nope! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Really? I though that because Drain tests was not a damage resistance test Sustaining did modify the test. |
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Feb 10 2008, 06:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 6-August 02 From: Kiel, Germany Member No.: 3,071 |
QUOTE (Shockwave_IIc @ Feb 10 2008, 06:15 PM) Really? I though that because Drain tests was not a damage resistance test Sustaining did modify the test. QUOTE (Shadowrun 4 pg 174) Note that wound modifiers or sustained spells have no effect on the character’s dice pool for Drain Resistance Tests.
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Feb 10 2008, 07:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
Fair enough, Wasn't completely certain that this was just SR4.
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Feb 10 2008, 10:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 6-August 02 From: Kiel, Germany Member No.: 3,071 |
In SR3 and before the opposite was true...
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