Fizzle Magic

[Scott Adams]

At 02:04 PM 2/26/02 -0900, you wrote:

>Never actually had to deal with it.
>Thinking about it I suspect that there is a simple playable solution (da
>mana's gone man!) and a more complex realistic solution that would slow
>play. (You can recover some or even all of the mana at half the casting
>speed if you take the time AND make the skill/will roll. Note: you can
>fumble/abysmal on this roll as well.)
>MEL, EL and W should all affect the roll.
>Actually some spells you 'gather' the energy to use all at once. Other
>spells are a continued spending until the effect happens in the size
>desired.
>Personally I think I'd GM the simple way.

Thanks for your comments.  I'll still have to consider all options and come up
with
a viable solution/compromise...

Just the typical MU that uses a Fireball and then realizes he has no target in
some games (AD&D classic example) it had to go somewhere..so was curious..





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