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Re: RE: (TFT) apprentices
From: srydzews@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: RE: (TFT) apprentices
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:15:07 -0400
> As far as unwilling labor - can you force someone to cast an Aid
> spell for you, draining their life essence? I tend to doubt it.
Well, a knife to the neck of a captured apprentice with the knifee quoting
"DO or DIE" might be described as a forced casting. But the apprentice
still had to be conscious of doing the spell. So I guess he was not happy
about casting it, but willing to do that than die.
No, you'd need a "Drain ST" spell for that. GURPS has one. It's
probably a good thing that TFT doesn't.
Sorry to disappoint you, but there is.
"DRAIN STRENGTH [AW page 13] (S): Lets wizard drain life force from others
into himself or his humanoid friends. No ST cost - but each 5 ST drained
from another gives only 1 ST to the recipient. Can NOT be used to heal hits
from wounds - only fatigue or exhaustion. The person being drained must
cooperate or be subjugated ..." (It goes on to say that you can't kill a
figure by draining him.)
This is the technique used to power up STRENGTH BATTERIES. Pull energy from
one person (could be the wizard himself) and put it into the battery.
A wizard who is down 9 fatigue points, could also quickly refresh himself
after spellcasting by draining 5 points from several comrades and they all
rest for an hour. They would be almost back to full capacity sooner than
having the wizard wait 2 hours.
This is also a reason why you want to record Fatigue and Damage seperately.
If you lump them together, how will you know what you can refresh?
Hail Melee
John Paul
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