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Clarification on saves against spells
« 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...

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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #2 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....

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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #5 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?

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Re: Clarification on saves against spells
« Reply #6 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
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