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Old 07-23-2019, 01:34 AM   #39
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Default Re: IQ to power spells

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Originally Posted by Steve Plambeck View Post
Our PC wizards that started with high IQs (and therefore less ST) rarely lived longer than one or two adventures. And they did stick to the rear and let the heroes screen them as much as possible. If you start with ST 8, and after spending just 3 or 4 points powering spells, one arrow can kill you. Mortality was very high among all our players wizards in the early years!

The ones that tended to survive longer were the ones with very conservative IQs, ST at least 10 or 11, DX at least 14, leather armor, and fought with swords as often as not.

I only had one, in all those years, get from starting character to 40+ points. We didn't implement the Mana from IQ option until some years into playing, or there'd surely have been more.
The perfect story to explain why a lot of people (most people?) house-ruled that fatigue can't help kill you. Interesting to hear from someone who played RAW tho :)
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