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phiwum · 03-16-2021, 06:24 PM

I guess I'm already rethinking what I said about losing wounds rather than fatigue.

Seems to me that a Death Spell has to be useful in game turns and a powerful wizard should be able to kill powerfulish stuff, but a powerful wizard often has his power in his staff. He can't use mana if the ST loss is wounds, so the ST loss must be fatigue.

Which means that if he casts it on a stronger foe, the effect is death for him and a need for a good lie-down for the recipient.

So, by "wrongity-wrongity-wrong", I meant "probably so". It's a common idiom in these parts, so I'm not surprised you were confused by it.

03-16-2021, 06:24 PM	#7
phiwum Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Boston area	Re: Death Spell - so how's it work? I guess I'm already rethinking what I said about losing wounds rather than fatigue. Seems to me that a Death Spell has to be useful in game turns and a powerful wizard should be able to kill powerfulish stuff, but a powerful wizard often has his power in his staff. He can't use mana if the ST loss is wounds, so the ST loss must be fatigue. Which means that if he casts it on a stronger foe, the effect is death for him and a need for a good lie-down for the recipient. So, by "wrongity-wrongity-wrong", I meant "probably so". It's a common idiom in these parts, so I'm not surprised you were confused by it.