From: kenm@ni700.natinst.com
Date: Tue 10 Jan 1989 - 09:56:33 EET
In my game I allow shapechanging and diminish/enhance siz to affect stuff that a person is carrying. I like to see shapechange used as a mobility/escape type spell as well as a combat spell and this facilitates this. Also, my devious players would probably take advantage of it ("I pop the runelord in his fancy iron armor!") if I made the shape/size altering spells not affect inanimate material.
According to the rules, you only have to overcome the guys magic points with the intensity of your shapechange (plus overcome them with your own, of course). One can force an opponent to sacrifice all but one magic point, then turn him into a frog for 10 years or so, if one feels vindictive.
Re: the reduce damage sorcery spell
I like this spell. As I understand it you don't have to overcome the guy's power to get his weapon. [Correct.-acb] If I introduce this spell, it'll make my players paranoid and they'll start carrying extra weapons just like in the old RQ2 days .... he he.
[Glad I got a better response than my last attempt at writing a spell...-acb]
Some Questions of My Own
I find that the rules regarding spirit plane encounters for shamans are unclear. For example, what happens to a shaman on the spirit plane who is reduced to zero magic points by a spirit? Is his body possessed? Big deal, if he has his adventurer buddies around to protect it. What if the creature is something like an elemental that cannot inhabit the material plane without appropriate quantities of its element, or some creature that cannot possess anything. Are encounters with these creatures without risk? I played in a game once where if the shaman lost on the spirit plane, his soul was destroyed. This encouraged fear of the spirit plane, but made things rather deadly. The rules don't seem to support this interpretation of things, but I tend to go with it anyway.
Can a severed limb be reattached with the spirit heal spell? I find the rules and the quick reference sheet to be contradictory on this. I've run campaigns both ways.
that's all I have for now
Ken (kenm at natinst.com)
National Instruments
Austin, Texas
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