Success & Abysmal

[Scott Adams]

At 04:02 PM 2/6/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Book 2 page 47 13.92
>   Any Abysmal failure that occurs against a
>character that has innate power in the spell used
>will have the following effects:
>  A) The entity will immediately regenereate ELx2
>energy and mana points.
>  B) The spell automatically rebounds and strikes
>the caster at the EL at which it was cast.
>
>the term "Specific Power" is from the very next
>entry, describing immunity.
>  Any mage I've played/run would DEFINATELY bolt
>after that. However, if they had innate fireball,
>would you have the fb hit the caster as well,
>since the mage's MDV pushed it into an abysmal
>EVEN THOUGH it cooked the guards like bacon?

Well that wasn't the question but now tht it is raised.  There is also
immunity and such to consider.  Interesting question.  Yes.  I'd have
the FB hit the caster and 'splash' its effect on the mage but do no damage.
Just a spectacular fire show.


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