[Magic] Combat-usability of Wizards

[Gnomasz]

Originally Posted by Lamech

Fire Blast Innate Attack: 5d burning (requires IQ roll*-15%, Not in Water -10%, Inaccurate 3 -15%). Boom! Costs no fatigue.

Innate Attacks don't work underwater without enhancement, so Not in Water is not a valid limitation.

Back to the topic, one of my players came out with a little combo:
1. Summon+Control / Create Fire Elemental (Body of Flames could work, too).
2. Invisibility
3. Flight for mobility, just to be more scary.

Hang Spell + any missile Spell would be awesome, too (helps with "out of FP after second missile" problem, if caster has time to hang 9d Explosive Fireball and than rest).

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by Gnomasz

Innate Attacks don't work underwater without enhancement, so Not in Water is not a valid limitation.

Back that up with a reference please.

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by roguebfl

Back that up with a reference please.

See Underwater, p. B109. Most attacks can't be initiated underwater without this enhancement. That isn't to say that they magically stop if they hit water, of course.

[TJA]

Originally Posted by Refplace

By the way 10d is quite high, what makes you think you need that much?

I seem to remember, that Magery 10 is the highest possible - cannot remember where i read that ....

:-|

[TJA]

Originally Posted by roguebfl

If you have bought Modular abilities with Spells Only limitation, otherwise you can loaded Extra Fatigue into the MA... especial if you Bought Cosmic pool.

Interesting.

Would such newly created FP be "filled" or "empty"?

:-O

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by TJA

Interesting.

Would such newly created FP be "filled" or "empty"?

:-O

Filled would be my call, the same with HP... however we are also getting into the turn of need (plus) Physical +100% to let you load physical traits as well as mental ones.

But the key is Modular Abilities unmodified an hold any Mental trait, not just skills (of which spells are a subset of) Skills are just the most common usage 8)

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by TJA

I seem to remember, that Magery 10 is the highest possible - cannot remember where i read that ....

:-|

It depends on the game setting, I think the highest in DF is 6, though there is some debate about the elven template possibly increasing that cap.
In many setting books its 3 or 4

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by TJA

I seem to remember, that Magery 10 is the highest possible - cannot remember where i read that ....

:-|

The highest possible is whatever the GM allows.

[PK]

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

The highest possible is whatever the GM allows.

GoZ is 100% correct. The GM (or, in a predefined setting, the author) always sets the Magery cap. The only assumption built into GURPS magic is that, if you are using Magery, that you're allowing at least 3 levels of it. (And even that is an assumption that can be easily changed -- it's just that it limits what spells exist in the setting if you lower the cap from 3.)

[TJA]

Originally Posted by roguebfl

Filled would be my call, the same with HP... however we are also getting into the turn of need (plus) Physical +100% to let you load physical traits as well as mental ones.

But the key is Modular Abilities unmodified an hold any Mental trait, not just skills (of which spells are a subset of) Skills are just the most common usage 8)

Thinking about this, this solution may proof to be problematic:

20 Level MA

You shift them to 20 FP, freshly filled.
You use up 20 FP for Magic
You shuft them to 20 HP, freshly filled.
You use up 20 HP through injury
[...]

Or did i missunderstand?