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Old 10-30-2017, 04:59 PM   #2
mr beer
 
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Default Re: Time to Cast a Spell Question and comabt

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Originally Posted by Lameth View Post
In the Book:
Most spells take one second to cast. Take the Concentrate maneuver for one turn and attempt your skill roll at the end of your turn. If you succeed, the spell takes effect instantly. Whether you succeed or fail, your turn ends as soon as you roll the dice. No one can interrupt a one-second spell unless he took the Wait maneuver on his own turn before the caster began concentrating.

So if there is a combat of lets say 3 Orcs and a Mage and the Mage has the Initiative, and the Orcs are after him on this turn. The Mage casts a 1 turn Regular spell, lets say ARMOR on himself, and the Orcs are taking the Attack Maneuver. Does that mean the Mage concentrates on the spell for that turn, then each Orc takes their attack, then at the end of that first Turn the mages Armor spell goes off and he is protected? Or does the armor spell go off BEFORE they attack him? I do not see it where a person performs and uses all their turn up before anyone else can go.
It's the mage's turn. He takes Concentrate to cast the spell. Then his turn ends. He rolls the skill check. If he succeeds, the spell takes effect instantly. Then it's the Orcs' turn. They attack but they cannot prevent the spell from taking place.

Let's say that two of the Orcs attack but the other takes the Wait manoeuvre and will attack if the mage casts another spell.

The mage's second turn, he casts another 1 second spell. Before he finishes his turn, the Orc that Waited gets to attack. The other two Orcs do not.
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