Re: (TFT) multiple replies, one message

[Ed Thorn <prophesor@yahoo.com>]

>> I could only get behind this if it also took into account the difference
>> between Platemail and leather, between Greatsword and dagger, and etc.

>It does. It calculates power based on damage, adjDX, and armor, IIRC.

Then rock on.

>> Can't do that.  The _first_ Zombie spell cast sets the Zombie's ST.  Later
>> castings of Zombie can only 'heal' the zombie, not pump it up.  If it
>> could, your wizard would add 15ST a day until forced to stop...
>> (scribbling campaign notes)

>Oh, that's a good way to do it, and I think it's a valuable refinement,
>but my reading of the spell description is that it specifically does allow
>the strength to be increased: "further Zombie spells, etc., can give it
>more strength."


It's not actually a refinement, it's really the only way to read the spell.  "...can give it more strength." is a follow-on thought to 'loses one ST per day'.

But hey, it's your world, go nuts.  I know it always bothered me that _healing_ potions worked on zombies.  I'm sure I would have been called a mean GM, when I ruled against _that_.  Of course, I would also have suggested that certain preservation methods might slow the rate of decay.

Then I would figure out the cost of armor equal to (zombie's ST-8), and make that the mean cost of the preservation methods, balancing the 'preserved zombie' against an equivalent skeleton.  :)

I guess I am a mean GM.
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