Waving Hands (Spellcaster) From: nexus@ylum.cgd.ucar.edu (Jeff Berry) Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1993 21:42:27 +0000 A while back on rec.games.board (I think) someone posted a game called Spellcaster, or Waving Hands. It is a game of wizardly dueling, where each round each player chooses a gesture with each hand, and sequences of gestures cast spells. Each gesture can be used in a sequence of more than one spell, though, and therein lies much of the strategy. EX. The sequence for Paralysis is F-F-F, therefore the string F-F-F-F will allow paralysis to be cast at each of the last F's, with the others all serving double duty. Since there is paracticlly no randomness in the game (one spell needs die rolls), it seemed tailor made for email, so a group of us decided to try it out via email and it worked out quite well! Here, then, is the latest email duel I had for your enjoyment, and if you think you might want to play, drop me a line. badger Don Alexandre Lerot d'Avigne Jeff Berry Seneschal of Caer Galen, Outlands nexus@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR doesn't tell me what to think, and I return the favor. "You're a notch and I'm a legend"-------Alice Cooper "I don't need TV when I've got T-Rex"------Mott the Hoople The Unnamed One would never learn. Thoroughly thrashed by Lightworn in each of his last two battle still he clamored for more. Lightworn began to think that maybe killing him would be the only way to stop this harrassment. [Left and Right are the hands, damage is the damage that has taken, 15 points kills] Anti = AntiSpell CntrSp= Counter Spell Summ = Summon in this match, G for goblin, or Tro for Troll Amn = Amnesia Mis = Missile Para = Paralysis with either right or left hand. ChrmP/Mo = Charm Person/Monster CLW = Cause or Cure Light Wounds CHW - Same but Heavy LB = Lightning Bolt a + or - indicates a spell sequence being finished and the spell cast. Lightworn The Unnamed One Turn Left Right Dam notes Left Right Dam Notes 1 S S D W 2 P F S W 3 F+ W- +Anti F+ S- +Confusion -SummG -CntrSpl planned for 4 P,W die 3,2 4 D W W+ P- +SummonGob -Shield UNO:"Munch on that lucky worm!!" 5 P+ S- +Shield W F+ Anti -CntrSpl 6 P+ D- 1 +Amn>TUO S- P+ -Cntr,+Shield -MisGob 7 S F P+ S Shield TUO: This Lightwornout is a silent chap, all the better there won't be so much change when I kill him then. "Methinks, the Unnamed One prattles a bit, besides I tire of humiliating him," thought Lightworn. 8 D- W+ 1 +Mis,-CLW F+ D- 1 Anti,Missile ------------------------------ 9 S D F W- 1 Perm. TUO:"Lightbeer you look like you could use a perm. HA HA HA" 10 F F F S Perm.Para-L 11 F F W P 12 F+ D ParR D F AntiSpell --------------------------------- 13 F P+ Shield D F 14 F D 6 C C LB 15 F+ W Par-L W W Mirror 16 F+ P- Par-L W P Shield RemEn 17 F+ S Par-L P+ F ProEvil 18 F+ D- 9 Par-L,Mis P+ D+ Cnt,CHW 19 F+ W Par-R S S 20 F+ W 11 Par-R D- D- Missile 21 F+ F Par-R F+ D CharmPers UNO:"You are mine now!!" 22 F+ C Par-R S D 23 P+ W Shield 24 S W 12 D+ S Lightworn curses, but doesn't panic quite yet. Close, though. 25 F P+ ProEvil W F+ Confusion planned 26 W,P 26 W+ D SumTro P+ F Shield Lightworn worries about the blasted confusion, but recovers and moves on. 27 W F F F+ 4 Par-L The UNO: Considers how best to taunt Lighty after his victory. 28 P+ W- 14 ProEv D- P+ CHW,Shield CLW 29 P+ D Cnt>TUO P+ S 7 Shield TUO:"I may have missed judged this one that took Cahongas!!!" 30 W F P+ D 10 Amnesia 31 W F P D Chrm Mo It would make a strange last line thought The UNO as he watched the Troll play with what was left of LightWorn. The UNO bowed to the crowd and began his motion for invisbility. Just then a peasant in the audience spoke out "Lightworn was a weenie!!" The UNO broke the gestures and turned to face this little man:"Never say that in my presence, he was a man of true courage, he had his chances to call this off but no. He fought on. Let this be a warning!!" And with that he FOD'd the man then invisible he left the arena. "Strange," thought Lightworn, "The Unnamed One acts like I am dead, when my protection from evil has in fact saved my life. What an odd man!" 32 P+ D ProEv P+ W Shield 33 P+ D- +CntrSpl 15 -LB The Unnamed One realized his error and turned back, but too late, Lightworn's desperate Lightning Bolt took him full in the chest and he dropped, dead. Lightworn breathed a heavy sigh, it was the longest and bloodiest match the arena had seen that he could remember. Referenced By Up