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Title: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Anomander_Rake on November 20, 2005, 09:03:45 AM
Hello out there,

the Rules say, that you save against spells by rolling under LD - spell level - situational modifiers....

So far everything is ok, but what are these situational modifiers?

Will the use of a concentrate action power the spell up, so that it would be harder to save against? IF the answer is yes, what modifier will concentrate give?

THX in advance...

Anomander Rake
Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Southpaw on November 20, 2005, 10:35:46 PM
Concentrating adds +3 to the PW of the caster. It does not alter the level of the spell.
Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Anomander_Rake on November 20, 2005, 10:47:30 PM
Concentrating adds +3 to the PW of the caster. It does not alter the level of the spell.

Has the modifier changed? We play it still with the +2 modifier....

With 'casting a spell' the rules count concentrate as a situational modifier...but what would it be with resisting? Uo to now, I can't imagine anything that would modify it further....

Anomander Rake
Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Southpaw on November 21, 2005, 05:12:21 PM
I don't have my book handy, and my sleep-deprived brain is known to make typos at times. I will check again once I get home from work and clarify for you.
Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Southpaw on November 22, 2005, 01:32:58 AM
Per the Core Rulebook, Concentrate adds +2 to the PW of the caster for purposes of spell-casting.

Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: Anomander_Rake on November 22, 2005, 02:40:08 AM
Per the Core Rulebook, Concentrate adds +2 to the PW of the caster for purposes of spell-casting.

OK, so we have this thing clarificated... ;)

But there is still on question unanswered:

the Rules say, that you save against spells by rolling under LD - spell level - situational modifiers....
So far everything is ok, but what are these situational modifiers?

Can someone give me input on this one?

Anomander Rake
Title: Re: Clarification on saves against spells
Post by: joshuaslater on November 22, 2005, 06:17:00 AM
I can't think of one listed yet in the book, but it could come in handy.  Would the leadership save against a Lotus Eater's lightning be more or less difficult, say, if the model being attacked was standing in a pool of water?  Situational modifiers would have to be agreed upon, or settled with a die roll, per anything not covered in the rules, or in a grey area of the rules.  Maybe the next installment will have some modifiers to the leadership number, but I like the open ended ambiguity just the way it is.   :D