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Old 08-24-2016, 04:24 PM   #4
Christopher R. Rice
 
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Default Re: [Sorcery] Afflicting Magic Resistance

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As my parties designated buff wizard, I have been working on a spell to help our party members resist the magic effects of other wizards. I settled on afflicting magic resistance 10, which accomplishes everything I want it to. However, a question arose about afflicting magic resistance on a wizard. Magic Resistance as written does not allow characters with magery (Sorcerous Empowerment) to have it, and if you have magic resistance you cannot cast spells.
Right, so maybe create a spell with a basic and improved level: Basic - if you are hit with the spell and you have the ability to use magic you lose it while it's active. Improved - you can use magic and the spell's resistance normally.

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If I afflict an enemy (or friendly for that matter) mage with magic resistance, do they immediately lose the ability to cast spells?
Seeing as they get to resist it I don't see an issue. Yeah, they lose magic, but they get a bonus vs. hostile magic. That seems like a useful tradeoff.

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It seems like the proper way would be to make an affliction that negated the Sorcerous Empowerment advantage, but then what happens when they have magic resistance afflicted upon them?
That seems unnecessarily complex to me.
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