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PTTG · 05-23-2019, 07:09 PM

This is going to need the GM to describe their magic system. Is a fireball spell a mundane ball of fire and fuel conjured by the wizard? Then only the location of the wizard matters. Is it a spirit of fire that flies directly at the target, then "plays" with them via combustion? Then it could get blocked or weakened by even a small are of low mana in-between.

If all the wizard is doing is supplicating the innate ignus energy of the world around the target to mainfest, then the wizard might even be able to do so while standing in a null-mana zone, so long as his words can reach the right spot.

05-23-2019, 07:09 PM	#6
PTTG Join Date: Feb 2011	Re: Spellcasting across mana boundaries This is going to need the GM to describe their magic system. Is a fireball spell a mundane ball of fire and fuel conjured by the wizard? Then only the location of the wizard matters. Is it a spirit of fire that flies directly at the target, then "plays" with them via combustion? Then it could get blocked or weakened by even a small are of low mana in-between. If all the wizard is doing is supplicating the innate ignus energy of the world around the target to mainfest, then the wizard might even be able to do so while standing in a null-mana zone, so long as his words can reach the right spot. Last edited by PTTG; 05-23-2019 at 08:12 PM.