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Old 04-23-2021, 06:44 AM   #1
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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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Old 04-23-2021, 03:26 PM   #7
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Does the DX penalty for casting in HTH also apply to occult staff zaps?

If so this would be a major curb on the dagger staff.
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Old 04-23-2021, 03:30 PM   #8
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From the 2018 version of Wizard, page 23 Combining Wizard with Melee

Hand-to-Hand Combat: HTH combat is permitted, exactly as in Melee.
A wizard involved in HTH must drop his staff. He may cast spells, but only
on himself or his foe in HTH, and is at a -4 DX for that. He may draw and
use a dagger like any Melee fighter, but at -4 DX. Note: The Shock Shield
spell is intended for HTH combat; it has no use if Wizard is played without
the Melee rules.
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Old 04-23-2021, 04:16 PM   #9
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Does the DX penalty for casting in HTH also apply to occult staff zaps?

If so this would be a major curb on the dagger staff.
I say yes. A billion times, yes! But of course this is one for personal judgement.
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Old 04-23-2021, 04:20 PM   #10
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I've never been keen on the dagger staff. I would definitely apply the modifier, because the notion that a staff in the shape of a dagger can be used to deliver occult strikes while no other staff can even be held in HTH is just ridiculous.
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