Re: Thrown Spells with Half MA
Jack, the main thing is it opens up a greater risk for people facing someone with potent Thrown spells, if such wizards will be moving second, or if the potential victims are figuring out where to engage foes (since distant enemy wizards will be able to rush up and cast thrown spells one turn faster, so if they're still engaged next turn, they only have one turn rather than two to eliminate all foes engaging them if they want to get out of Thrown range before foes can cast on them at an effective range).
It seems to me like the kind of thing where a rule change may appear ok until you actually run into a situation where someone's taking advantage of the thing it makes much more powerful when used in a certain way. The only thing balancing certain thrown spells in TFT is the range penalty, and allowing 1/2 MA casting would make that less of a factor.
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