[Torg] How precise is focusing?

[Chris]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Kansas Jim <ksjim at sdc.org> wrote:
>
> Which does raise an interesting point - if the Principle does apply and
> Enchant Armor wins out over Lightning it's not just going to stop the
> bolt from doing damage to the wearer, it dissipates the Lightning spell
> itself. The caster loses any remaining lightning bolts! Similarly, if
> someone uses Altered Fireball (Improved) against someone protected by
> Flickering Fire Shield, when the fireball touches the target it would
> be snuffed out rather than simply not doing any damage to the target
> (which is what Flickering Fire Shield's writeup seems to indicate), the
> caster doesn't get to keep moving it around for the remaining duration
> of the spell because the Principle dissipates the spell itself.


 I would be inclined to say that the spell isn't snuffed out, but instead it
performs the effect value test. If it wins, it affects the target as normal,
with neither being snuffed. If it fails, it does not affect the target. The
only case I would say the spell is snuffed is if it is a focused spell that
needs to be focused on a target who is affected with the same knowledge.

As far as I know, you don't focus the fireball on the target, and it is an
area of effect spell. Under that assumption, if the effect value of the
fireball beats that of the fire shield, you have two options for that
particular knight/villain: 1) subtract the effect value of the fire shield
from the effect value of the fireball, making the protection effective to
its limit, or 2) simply affect that knight/villain as normal, and ignore the
fire shield. All other targets within the fireball would be affected
regardless of the outcome of the Principle of Definition.

At this point I add the disclaimer that this is my interpretation as a
player, as I don't think I have enough background with Torg to run it yet.

-chris
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