[Rq-rules] New Sorcery Spell

[Leon Kirshtein]

--- Bruce Mason <mason.bruce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't really understand this. Is this RQ3 or some
> sort of homebrew? I
> can't actually figure out what it does or what
> things like "school
> abjuration" means in relation to a RQ sorcery
> system. 

Fair enough. The version of sorcery I use is based on
the Sandy's Sorcery system which uses Presence to
maintain spells. If you search you can find it on
several different sites (here is mine
http://www.godlearner.d2g.com//Sorcery/rules.asp).
Many find it superior to the RQ3 Sorcery system (which
is broken IMO).

The school brakedown is flavoring, although I do use
specilization, which determines the amount of
manipulation which can be done on spells. The detail
are on my site referenced above if you are interested.

> As far as I can figure
> out it's a triggered spell that activates when some
> sort of attack occurs
> however, for example, if someone targets me with a 6
> Intensity spell while
> I'm under the benefit of an Anti (Magic) spell with
> Intensity 5 then it
> appears to be the case that there is some sort of
> Intensity*3 vs Intensity
> of the incoming spell battle. Presumably this uses
> the Resistance table.

Yes very much so. Assuming you are under a protection
of an Anti Magic Int 5 spell and are targeted by a Int
6 Stupifation, the Anti Magic spell will trigger and
attempt Neutralize the incoming attack. Since the Anti
Magic spell is not specific, like Anti Sorcery, it
only get x3 Int modifier. So, the Neutralization will
be Int 5 (x3) = 15 Anti Magic vs Int 6 Stupifation on
the Resistance table. No matter is it is sucessful or
not, the Anti Magic spell goes down.

Basically, it is good against a first attack of a
particular type. The multiplier is in effect since it
does not give continueous protection and to reduce the
amount of Presence the sorcerer needs to dedicate to
the spell.

I hope that explains it better. Please let me know if
you have any other questions.

Leon Kirshtein


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