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(TFT) Re: Avert/Vampires
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:26:36 -0500
From: "Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>
Subject: (TFT) Avert Spell
Gents,
...I looked at AW and realized that I don't recall how to play the
Avert spell.
...How do you guys play this spell?
Aidan
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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:37:54 -0700
From: Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>
Subject: Re: (TFT) Avert Spell --> TFT vampire rules suck.
...I remember once my wizard was closely surrounded
by 6 evil wizards. I had MH Avert and cast it on
my own hex!!!!
Smart! I like it! But how did you end up 2 Hex/turn farther away from
yourself? Oh, I get it, just move 2 Hex/turn in any direction.
:-)
So they had to move 2 hexes per turn and could
not cast spells.
Since a figure can only cast a spell if it moves 1 hex.
They could have changed weapons, I guess...
I don't think that it would hurt things if the
Vampire Avert had a maximum range of 5 Mhexes
or something.
I agree with Rick's interpretation. Caster can stand still or move,
victims have to end up 2 Hexes farther away (or 3/DX to avoid falling
down if they can't, due to walls, cliffs, etc.)
This seems subject to abuse by an elven wizard with running who knows
Avert; I'd rule that figures that move 2 hexes away from the wizard's
location *at the time of their movement* satisfy the requirement -
they can't be "chased" into falling by the wizard moving faster than
they can. They could be "herded", though, which seems reasonable.
I was underwhelmed by the TFT vampire rules.
The Vampyre rules in an Interplay were a bit
better. I suggest that you rewrite them before
your adventures since THEY SUCK.
Not entirely sure I agree. +6 ST, levitate, and heal could be a
reasonably good combination, particularly for an evil wizard. It
would not be easy to lose 1 vs 1 fights with those advantages. Those
plus a handful of well-chosen magic items (shapeshift, blur, +5 Dx
dagger), either for a wizard or a fighter, could make the vampire
pretty tough to handle.
That, combined with a good player (or referee) maximizing the
vampire's advantages by making use of night, fog, spooky castle, etc.
could still make it seem like a pretty tough foe.
But:
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:33:38 -0500
From: "Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: (TFT) Avert Spell --> TFT vampire rules suck.
...Perhaps there needs to be two types of vampires, the supernatural species
and the turned humanoid.
This sounds like a really good suggestion.
My reading of Megahex Avert leads me to believe that it affects the enemies
in the megahex at the time of casting and is not a continuing area effect
spell centered on the casting wizard. By this I mean, if, after casting
Megahex Avert and while continuing to charge it, "new" opponents arrive in
the megahex, they would not be affected by the spell. It would need to be
recast to affect the new opponents. Does this sound right?
Yes, to me.
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