Re: Sorcery Blessings, Curses and Spells

• In hw-rules_at_egroups.com, "markmohrfield " <markmohrfield_at_z...> wrote:
  > Page 199 of Hero Wars states that "Wizards and Sorcerers have access
  > to these (blessings and curses of the Abiding Book) as spells, but
  he
  > normal targeting rules apply." Does this mean that they can be used
  > as spells in all respects, or just that they yield the normal
  > edges/handicaps listed on page 192? For example, if a sorcercer were
  > resisting a theist characters Terrorize ability, would his Resist
  > Pagan God spell yield an edge of 1,2,4, or 8 depending upon degree
  of
  > success or would he get an edge or augmentation according to the
  > table on page 134?
  

As far as I know, the wizards and sorcerers treat the blessings of the abiding book as spells. Only liturgists (who have a certain religious caveat that the others lack) seem to use them as 'mere' blessings.

They would use them as augments/edges at whatever level they could muster them (p 134). Blessings require a congregation and time -- they are ritual magics.  

> The second paragraph of page 192 of Hero Wars states that curses and
> blessings "are not affected by the normal multiple target
modifiers."
> The third paragraph states that curses are affected by "appropriate
> multiple target multipliers". Which is correct?

These are when the Blessings and Curses of the Abiding Book are cast by a liturgist and his congregation (see rules for creating blessings) and are targeting the community being blessed or cursed. A community blessing itself is not subject to a targeting penalty. A community cursing another would prbably be subject to the penalty. But that's my interpretation.  

Jeff                                                            Received on Sat 06 Jan 2001 - 14:59:17 EET