Re: (TFT) Halloween Treat

[Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com>]

Rolling vs IQ (or ST) has a flaw for really low IQ/ST creatures. Would rats
die from seeing this thing? Killer bees? Seems like the fear from an
apparition might only work on creatures with IQ of 8 or more (smart enough
to be afraid of it).


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Jay Carlisle <maou.tsaou@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fear is a Moral thing which tracks as Happiness at larger scales... ever
> see Frightners? Mr Jackson tells a better yarn of his own IMO
>
> Maou Tsaou prime
> On Oct 15, 2013 6:24 PM, "Matt Picone" <mattpicone@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Critical fail should do damage. If it happens to cause death, so be it,
> > but it should be commensurate to the IQ14 requirement.
> >
> > -m@
> >
> > On Oct 15, 2013, at 6:11 PM, <dwtulloh61@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I was thinking "roll vs ST" to avoid heart failure.   As I was wrote it
> > up however,
> > > that sounded too powerful so I toned it down a bit.
> > >
> > > ---- gem6868 <gem6868@verizon.net> wrote:
> > >> sounds right.  the effect is "Scare leading to cardiac arrest" I
> > suppose,
> > >> but a better name than that would be desirable.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Thomas Fulmer
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:08 PM
> > >> To: tft@brainiac.com
> > >> Subject: Re: (TFT) Halloween Treat
> > >>
> > >> I'm unclear where the "literally scare him/her to death" comes in -- I
> > >> don't see any results that result in death from fear. Maybe critical
> > >> fail?
> > >>
> > >> In any case, why roll vs ST instead of IQ?
> > >>
> > >> --Thomas
> > >>
> > >> On 10/15/13, dwtulloh61@cox.net <dwtulloh61@cox.net> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> In an effort to generate some Halloween discussion, I present this
> > spell
> > >>> to
> > >>> the group.  I just whipped it off the top of my head so it may or may
> > not
> > >>> be
> > >>> playable.  Feel free to cast slings and arrows and/or modify at will.
> > >>>
> > >>> IQ 14)   Apparation (C)   Cost 3/1   The wizard successfully casting
> > this
> > >>> spell conjures up an illusion the victim finds so terrifying that it
> > can
> > >>> literally scare him/her to death.  Victims must make a 3D roll vs
> their
> > >>> basic ST.  Those who pass this roll by 3 or more are unaffected and
> may
> > >>> otherwise act normally.  Those who just pass their roll by 3 or less
> > are
> > >>> afraid and are limited to one action per turn and cannot move more
> than
> > >>> half
> > >>> their MA.  Those failing their roll by 3 or less are scared and are
> > >>> limited
> > >>> to moving only 1 hex per turn.  Those failing by 3 or more are
> > terrified
> > >>> and
> > >>> may only act in self-defense and then only after making an 3D vs IQ
> > roll.
> > >>> Effects last until the Apparation is dispelled or disbelieved.
> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> "Do not imagine that, if something is hard for you to achieve, it is
> > >> therefore impossible for any man: but rather consider anything that is
> > >> humanly possible and appropriate to lie within your own reach too." --
> > >> Marcus Aurelius
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