HappyDaze
May 21 2007, 10:14 PM
If a Mentor Spirit provides a bonus for a certain spell category (such as Combat), foes this alos give bonus dice to Counterspelling against that category of spells?
If the above is answered "yes" would a general bonus to Counterspelling stack with a category bonus? For example, the Adversary gets +2 Counterspelling and +2 with Manipulation spells. Would this give a +4 for Counterspelling Manipulation spells?
This is really the only example of a Mentor Spirit providing bonuses that maight stack.
X-Kalibur
May 21 2007, 10:26 PM
Hmmm, its a tricky situation to be certain... I'm inclined to say nom though it's merely a gut feeling on the matter. I always just implied that those bonuses were to casting only and had no effect on counterspelling/spell defense.
HappyDaze
May 22 2007, 03:07 AM
Anyone else have an opinion on whether or not a sell category bonus from a mentor spirit applies to counterspelling that category?
Strobe
May 22 2007, 03:29 AM
I'd say that they don't give a bonus for counterspelling simply because there is a bonus from some mentors specifically for counterspelling.
-Strobe
Glyph
May 22 2007, 03:46 AM
Yes, but to play devil's advocate, those mentor spirits give a bonus to counterspelling all categories of spells, which is much more useful than a bonus to merely one category of spells.
I'll be honest... my knee-jerk reaction initially was to say no. But the description of mentor spirit bonuses talks about Sorcery and Conjuring skills - and those are skill groups. So if a mentor spirit bonus works for spellcasting and ritual sorcery, why not counterspelling? So I would say yes.
The adversary mentor spirit is a thorny question. Strictly by the RAW, those bonuses would stack. If I had to make a ruling on it, though, I would probably house rule that mentor spirit bonuses work similarly to how foci work - you can only get one at a time. Yeah, this unfairly singles out a single mentor spirit, but +4 dice is a bit too much in my opinion. And again, this is how I would house rule it, not the RAW.
Demerzel
May 22 2007, 03:50 AM
I’d say it’s clear that by default the bonus applies to counterspelling:
QUOTE (SR4 p.192) |
A magician gains bonus dice when acting or using Sorcery or Conjuring skills in accordance to the mentor’s ideals. |
Since counterspelling is part of the Sorcery skill group then it applies. I’d say that a Magician with Adversary Mentor Spirit would indeed get 4 dice for counterspelling. And who better to get 4 bonus dice to resist Manipulations that Adversary, after all they have problems with authority.
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