 Summoning, Do vision modifiers apply? |
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 Jan 12 2011, 11:18 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon...  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698  |
Situation: a human mage with no vision enhancement is onboard a ship. It's in the middle of the night and raining heavily. GM applies a -4 modifier to all actions due to the darkness and bad weather. Does it apply to summong too?
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Jan 12 2011, 11:41 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 15-December 09 Member No.: 17,968 |
Vision, no.
Bad weather, I'd say yes if it is physically disruptive (mist no, gale yes). |
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Jan 12 2011, 11:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 250 Joined: 16-January 09 From: Nowhere near you... unless you happen to be near Cologne. Member No.: 16,776 |
I would say "No", since you don't need LOS or even sight in general to summon a spirit.
Just don't try to summon a spirit of fire under these conditions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -CJ |
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Jan 12 2011, 11:43 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
The mage had a bound spirit of fire which he unleashed on the enemies. Didn't last long. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Jan 12 2011, 11:44 AM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,043 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
I would also not count vision modifiers, unless they are actually distracting.
You should be able to summon with closed eyes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Bye Thanee |
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Jan 12 2011, 11:54 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,473 Joined: 24-May 10 From: Beijing Member No.: 18,611 |
QUOTE (Aerospider @ Jan 12 2011, 07:41 PM)  Bad weather, I'd say yes if it is physically disruptive (mist no, gale yes). What he said (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'd ask the GM to break out what each part of the -4 is actually from. Rain, rolling of the ship in the water, those I could see affecting everything involving some kind of action, including summoning. |
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Jan 12 2011, 01:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 16-March 05 From: 51° 16' North 7° 11' East Member No.: 7,168 |
QUOTE (Grinder @ Jan 12 2011, 12:18 PM) Situation: a human mage with no vision enhancement is onboard a ship. It's in the middle of the night and raining heavily. GM applies a -4 modifier to all actions due to the darkness and bad weather. Does it apply to summong too? Even if it would apply, the mage could still project and summon the spirit from the astral plane. |
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Jan 12 2011, 03:25 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,680 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (Doc Byte @ Jan 12 2011, 08:08 AM) Even if it would apply, ... and vision modifiers shouldn't, though being tossed around in a stateroom at sea could...QUOTE the mage could still project and summon the spirit from the astral plane. Exactly. |
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Jan 12 2011, 04:12 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Replace 'could' with 'would be required to'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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