[Torg] Announcement: Compleat Magick

[Dominick Riesland]

That still doesn't explain the "mass" entry in the Manipulation
section of Water Scry (Torg Worldbook)

Dominick Riesland, aka Rabbitball
Speaker, 5-Color Rules Committee
Creator of the Cosmversal Grimoire
"There are always possibilities, my sergeant told me. But he never had
his possibilities torn away like wings from a fly."


On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Kansas Jim <ksjim at sdc.org> wrote:
> Dominick writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> There is no process theorem of apportation. It's a throwback to
>> Pre-Aysle spell design. However, since Worldbook spells do this as
>> well, I allowed for spells to use magic skills other than the pattern
>> skill as process theorems if they show significant affinity for the
>> alternate skill. In this case, the spell shows great affinity for
>> apportation, and hence that skill could be used as a process theorem.
>
> This was actually covered in the original rulebook:
>
> "Manipulation lists the additional arcane knowledges or levels of skill
> that are necessary to manipulate and modify the spell. Should a
> spell need additional skills or knowledges to cast, the body of the
> description tells you what else is needed to cast the spell." (p116,
> emphasis added)
>
> But by the time of the Aysle SB they'd apparently changed their minds
> and there's no mention of limiting a spell by requiring the caster to
> possess more than just the pattern magic skill.
>
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