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- Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:29 am
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Dumb Questions
- Replies: 42
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Re: Dumb Questions - Displace Self
Still I agree that in theory it could work, plus for some traps, plus for some things like falling objects, trampling, etc. Forgot to weigh in on this comment. Avoid Blow (AB) CANNOT be used for falling objects or other types of things that would affect Physical Defense (with the possible exception...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:25 am
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Dumb Questions
- Replies: 42
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Re: Dumb Questions - Displace Self
I still think the spell ought to be more powerful. I like where it sits, personally. If this gave a bonus to Avoid Blow, then Wizards would have TWO spells that grant bonuses to the Talent. I think that's a little bit much. Even if the Wizards didn't want to go crazy with the bonuses, the end resul...
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:06 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Dumb Questions
- Replies: 42
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Re: Dumb Questions
Re: Disbelieving a fireball (that is not a phantom fireball) While I like the flavor of what you're saying, ChrisDDickey, I think you're pushing beyond intent. The Fireball spell does not cause more damage to people with lower Mystic Defense (MD) - resolution and damage is only based on highest MD....
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:02 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Dumb Questions
- Replies: 42
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Re: Dumb Questions
Re: Displace Self I have to agree, I'm not really sure what the intent is with "indirectly targeted" would be. The adept avoids injury by dodging or parrying blows directed against him. When attacked in close or ranged combat, the adept may make an Avoid Blow test against his opponent’s A...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Dumb Questions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 41302
Re: Dumb Questions
Re: Disbelieving a fireball (that is not a phantom fireball) While I like the flavor of what you're saying, ChrisDDickey, I think you're pushing beyond intent. The Fireball spell does not cause more damage to people with lower Mystic Defense (MD) - resolution and damage is only based on highest MD....
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: [ED4]Lowering myst. def. vs. disbelieving
- Replies: 5
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Re: [ED4]Lowering myst. def. vs. disbelieving
@Baravakar: You do you, man. At my table, if a player cannot justify why their character would think a spell/effect could be an illusion, I would not allow them to Disbelief. Moreover, if someone tries it repeatedly after being warned or starts coming up with EXCEPTIONALLY sketchy justification, I'd...
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:02 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: [ED4]Lowering myst. def. vs. disbelieving
- Replies: 5
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Re: [ED4]Lowering myst. def. vs. disbelieving
There's be a fairly healthy amount of discussion on all of this before on this forum, multiple times, and I'm not really sure what more can be said... Specific to your concern about your logical disconnect between Disbelieving Illusions (player's guide, p. 267) and the loss of elective lowering of M...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: [ED4] Astral Interference
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16067
Re: [ED4] Astral Interference
Yeah, unless someone else comes up with an interesting new take, I don't think there's much else to be said. It also doesn't help that the books sometime meander on the language: "affected targets" vs "those affected," hard to say there's a difference unless you lean on the "...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:26 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: [ED4] Astral Interference
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16067
Re: [ED4] Astral Interference
True, but how is he not targeted the moment he enters the area of effect? Sorry, I just realized that my previous rambling didn't actually answer this. The answer is because AI NEVER targets creatures. AI does not target creatures within the AoE during initial resolution. AI does not target creatur...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:54 pm
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: [ED4] Astral Interference
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16067
Re: [ED4] Astral Interference
Normally, I'm not a fan of parsing semantics - people get way too hung up on words used to embellish, flavor, etc. However, in ED as with many other games, there are core words with system meaning: Action, Turn, Rank, etc. I could be wrong, but "target" is one of those (although I never se...