(TFT) Long-lived Pentagrams?

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

All,
	more pentagram questions.

	AW p. 32 (Permanent Pentagram), says "...Record the IQ of the 
wizard that drew the pentagram, and make a 3/IQ roll against it the 
first time each new being attacks the pentagram. A failed roll 
destroys the pentagram, but a successful one means that that being 
can NEVER break that pentagram...."

	Yuck. I want to use pentagrams to protect parts of castles, 
but...10/216 of the time (automatic misses), an IQ-8 wizard can break 
them, just by popping off a 1-D Magic Fist or an Image of a fly, even 
if the drawing wizard is IQ 18 (which he'd have to be anyway, for 
Lesser M.I.C.).
	Can the drawing wizard use a Charm or Charm +2 item?  That 
could drop the odds to 4/216 or 1/216, respectively. If so, does the 
drawing wizard have to keep wearing that charm, or does the fact that 
he was wearing it *when he drew the pentagram* effectively imbue the 
pentagram with the roll bonus? I tend toward the latter, explanation 
being that the wizard was more likely to have drawn the pentagram 
"perfectly" because of the charm.
	Still not very good odds, though. Sigh. This is one case 
where I'd really like to waive automatic misses.
	Can a Permanent Pentagram also be a Curse, operating against 
any magical creature *in contact* with it? A 3-point Curse could 
shift the roll out of the "automatic fail" range, so nothing could 
break it by just walking in. That, together with self-powered Reverse 
Missiles, takes care of most of the possibilities.
	Alternately, a new type of Permanent Pentagram spell, where a 
failed roll means that the pentagram is ineffective against that 
particular creature, but remains in effect for all other creatures. I 
suppose this would be more expensive. (Sigh.) Suggestions for cost?

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					- Mark
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