[Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick

[Phil Dack]

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> From: Phil Dack <philipdack at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 4:35:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick
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> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Dominick Riesland rabbitball at gmail.com
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> > 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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