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Old 09-21-2016, 10:48 PM   #22
sir_pudding
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Default Re: inflicting advantages with negative limitations

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Originally Posted by McAllister View Post
Spells failing to affect resisting targets has little basis in fiction; some, but fairly little. Spells failing to affect willing targets has nearly no basis in fiction. The distinction is that the first is necessary for game balance, and the second, as far as I can tell, isn't necessary at all.
It is necessary because stuff in roleplaying games usually has some chance of failure.
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