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Old 04-23-2021, 06:44 AM   #1
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Default Cast out of HTH

When last we saw Molly a deadly giant tardigrade had engaged her in HTH with a charge attack through her rear hex.

Thinking quickly Molly creates an illusion duplicate of herself in the HTH hex and therefore displaces herself to an adjacent hex as per ITL 139.
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Old 04-23-2021, 07:44 AM   #2
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If your GM allows it, you might as well exploit it, I guess.

But my reading is not that you or the illusion are expelled, but that one of you voluntarily moves away. That's not possible in this case, but it's also not necessary since this is a hex with ongoing HTH. You are both therefore in HTH.

These edge cases are somewhat interesting, but ain't no way I'd let them be exploited like this.
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Old 04-23-2021, 12:12 PM   #3
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I was under the impression that a figure couldn’t cast spells in HTH.
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Old 04-23-2021, 02:10 PM   #4
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There is clearly no option to cast spells in HTH in ITL. But other sources (Wizard?) give a penalty for casting spells in HTH which a lot of folk adopt for ITL. I think it's DX -6, but I don't know for certain.

Unfortunately, the search function ignores short words like HTH, so an initial search for this conversation came up short.
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Old 04-23-2021, 02:18 PM   #5
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There is clearly no option to cast spells in HTH in ITL. But other sources (Wizard?) give a penalty for casting spells in HTH which a lot of folk adopt for ITL. I think it's DX -6, but I don't know for certain.

Unfortunately, the search function ignores short words like HTH, so an initial search for this conversation came up short.
I think a DX penalty is preferable as it gives an experienced Wizard a chance to cast a defensive spell in HTH.
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Old 04-23-2021, 02:51 PM   #6
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I also use the rule from Wizard. Which I either remember is -6, or I mis-remember but still assert is -6!
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