10-06-2017, 03:14 PM | #11 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
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10-06-2017, 04:11 PM | #12 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
I am glad of that. The AD&D "cast Light on their eyes" trick always seemed terribly cheesy to me.
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10-06-2017, 05:20 PM | #13 | |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
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As to the main question, unless the "enemy" is naked, couldn't you just cast the spell on something they're wearing?
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10-06-2017, 05:46 PM | #14 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
Hmmm. If I were to write up a spell for attaching light to a person, I might make the prerequisites Illusion Disguise and Glow. I'd also add the footnote that the person so illuminated is protected from the effects of the light, even if they have a Weakness or other Disadvantage.
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10-06-2017, 06:38 PM | #15 | |
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That's not to say you couldn't cast a spell on some unworn clothing and then put it on with the spell effect intact... |
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10-06-2017, 06:45 PM | #16 | |
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D&D, at least as of 3rd edition, has a general concept of an attended object (which got its holders' saves), but I'm not aware of GURPS doing the same. |
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10-06-2017, 08:57 PM | #17 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
Oh! Well then, "cannot affect living beings" is pretty much nonfunctional when it comes to people, at least when dealing with relatively fast-acting spells like Ignite Fire. If someone tried to freeze your clothes to absolute zero with Cold, you'd have time to strip naked.
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10-07-2017, 04:15 AM | #18 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
Continual light on a corpse, then raise it?
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10-07-2017, 12:37 PM | #19 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
Swamp lights and moaning... ha, you thought it was an incorporeal ghost. Nope, Chuck Testa.
(Old meme about a taxidermist.) Either that or a one, two bait and switch for a dark Scooby Doo game.
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10-07-2017, 12:46 PM | #20 |
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Re: Casting Continual Light On Living Targets
Nope setting their clothes on fire is fine. The real problem with using it on a living target is that most living targets aren't made out of kindling but most fabrics particularly in fantasy settings are quite flammable.
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