Re: MEPBM Mages

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4mrmmb$1cu@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Jeremy Paul Kunkel <kunkel@news.cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>Hi.
>
>Here's a question i haven't seen addressed or discussed here (or
>anywhere for that matter).
>
>Does anyone have ballpark estimates for the amount of damage a mage
>incurs for casting two spells in a turn?  I understand it's a function of
>the difficulty of the spells involved, and that the spells can't come
>from the same list, but what kinda hurt are we talking about: 10 points,
>20, 50?  It's probably a range, but i'd like a better grasp of the
>consequences.  What are players experiences?  Anyone ever lose a mage
>because of this?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jer

When I cast an easy and hard spell together a couple of games ago, I took 20
points of damage. (Conjure Mounts and Locate Artifact True) I did it several
times, and if I remember right, the damage was the same every time.  With 14
points of healing/turn, that's easy to ignore for a while.  However, casting
two hard spells together can be significantly more painful.  I have not had
a character do it, but my impression from talking to others is that it can
be as high as 50-60 points of damage.

- Patrick McGehearty