On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 09:01 -0800, Anthony Jackson wrote: > Lucas Bodnyk wrote: > > > Am I correct in my reading of this, that a mage at skill (anything > > sufficiently high) can never get better than a 50% success rate > > against subjects with a 16 or higher relevant resistance? > > Roughly, yes (critical hits and ties going to the defender make the > actual odds slightly different). > > > > Is this a little bit unfair? > > Resisted spells are already unfair -- to the non-mages. The rule of 16 > is one of the few things that makes resisted spells only moderately > unbalanced.
Well...if your mage can get the right spell through, it is usually a guaranteed kill in combat. But from a mage point of view, it sure seems difficult enough, what with range penalties or a required touch/staff attack. Resisted regular spells still come out as more effective than the ranged attack spells though. -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
