[Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick

[Phil Dack]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Dominick Riesland rabbitball at gmail.com
>
> Could this be avoided using True Knowledge as a mechanism? It would be
> possible to define this as a special effect of that arcane knowledge,
> and I would consider making a new version of this spell that took
> advantage of such a definition. But according to the rules as they
> stand now, such an effect is not possible. Part of the Primary Rule of
> Magic is that a spell cannot have any positive effect beyond what is
> willed by the caster, and that will must include both the range of the
> spell and the speed by which the caster's will can extend to affect
> that range.
No, that was me not thinking things through properly. If the purpose of the spell was to send a message from X to Y instantaneously, True Knowledge could certainly do that. But the issue is trying to cast a Ward spell at tremendous range, so you're right, there's no short cut to creating that effect - which is what makes it such an expensive spell. 
Re: applying bonus to two values, I don't actually have a problem with this. Either split the bonus in two, or apply a OoM penalty.
> As for the pattern, the spell can be made with divination magic
> because divination is the skill for sending or receiving information.
> It can use folk as the pattern knowledge by defining the effect as
> only conveying information from folk (appearance and voice).
Good answer :) I still think, intuitively, its better described as an apportation, but that's just one of the vaguaries of Torgian magic!


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