From owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Tue Jan 19 10:23:58 1999 Received: (from bin@localhost) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) id KAA02358; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:23:58 +1300 Received: from kcbbs.gen.nz (kcbbs.gen.nz [202.14.102.1]) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) with ESMTP id KAA02351 ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:23:57 +1300 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by kcbbs.gen.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17935 ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:11:59 +1300 (NZDT) Message-ID: <36A4599D.429D388@games.co.nz> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:08:29 +1300 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Sorceress in Silver Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jono Bean To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sender: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Errors-To: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Reply-To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Loop: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Requests: To unsubscribe from this list, or change your subscription address, send a message to dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz. rmansfield@aj.co.nz wrote: > I've heard mention of the Sorceress in Silver as the Dean of the Air > College. Could someone please confirm this and give me a one paragraph > physical/social description for the players guide. > > Thanks Rosemary Try Jon McSpadden as he is the GM behind the Sorceress. Jono Circle Games - PBM Telephone (649) 828-2959 Facsimile (649) 828-2759 Email jono@games.co.nz Website http://www.games.co.nz Circle Games PO Box 105-320 Auckand 1030 New Zealand "Mac vs. PCs" is the same as saying "Art vs. Commerce". -- See message headers to unsubscribe from -- From owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Tue Jan 19 21:52:51 1999 Received: (from bin@localhost) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) id VAA02875; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:52:51 +1300 Received: from peace.com (defacto.peace.co.nz [202.14.141.225]) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) with SMTP id VAA02868 ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:52:47 +1300 Received: via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/pcnz2.7) id KAA08684; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:44:12 +1300 Message-ID: <36A4FED8.AE7B2469@peace.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:53:28 +1300 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Fire College re-write Six Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------3FA00F3AA05BA5DD19082B59" From: Martin Dickson To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sender: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Errors-To: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Reply-To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Loop: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Requests: To unsubscribe from this list, or change your subscription address, send a message to dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3FA00F3AA05BA5DD19082B59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rodney King wrote: > Here's the latest Fire College re-write (at last), along with notes on > everyone's opinions to date which have been incorporated. > Suggestions? Comments? > I'd like to finalise this by Feb. > Cheers > Paul Hi Paul, As requested here are some comments on the FireFinal6 version of the Fire College revision. A lot of good work has obviously gone into this version and most of my concerns and -- yeah, I admit -- quibbles have been laid to rest. There are still a number of formatting issues to be addressed (odd/non-standard entries in the spell attributes, etc.) I haven’t addressed these since you said that you wanted to get the gist of it all settled first – but when you do want formatting commentary let me know if you would like some input. I’ve gone through each of the few spells that I still have a comment on. For some reason the general and special sections seem to be mixed up – though this could well be a problem with my text editor reading the rtf – so I’ve just gone through them in the order that they have ended up in my copy. Kind Regards, Martin --- T1 Infravision I’d prefer “to see heat sources” rather than “to see infra-red radiation”. Less tech feel. Fire Bolt Spell G-rewrite The “fiery serpent” aspect of this spell feels as though it deserves to be a spell in its own right. It and the “fire bolt” aspect have quite different properties including the former having a duration – since it has a TMR – and the later being purely Immediate, their ranges and targetting methods being different, etc. Also, the fire bolt is noted as being a G-rewrite which I presume means that it will be general knowledge, and the fire serpent aspect feels too powerful to be a General. I would also prefer to remove the “lock onto the fires of the soul of the target” note and replace it with something about bodyheat, since a) it is targeted by infravision, which sees body heat and nothing to do with souls, and b) because it can also be targeted at objects which presumably have no souls. Cleansing Flame Spell S-new This spell feels a bit more like a ritual to me, but that is a minor quibble. A bigger one is that I suggest that it does some damage. Players all to easily shrug off a description of “hideous suffering” unless it is accompanied with some in-game effect such as damage. Dragon Flames S-re-write “The cone is one hex wide at the base and increases in width one hex for every two full ranks of the caster.” Presumably the width and the depth (or length if you prefer) increase with rank. G7. Increase Temperature I suggest that the Duration for the effect on gas is dropped to 5 mins +5/Rank like solids and liquids for simplicity – or that the 3 durations end up the same (whatever that may be). The spell has a “May not be resisted” attribute. This will mean that possessions can be automatically heated – is this intentional? S:. Pyrotechnics “Storage: No” Why? -- this appears to be a completely standard spell that could logically be warded or placed in a magical trap. “… who see the explosion must resist or be are dazzled and blinded…” I suggest that the word “blinded be dropped. “Blinded entities have their strike chances…” I suggest a substitution of “Dazzled” for “Blinded”. The spell does not actually “blind” it does something a bit different – the effects being well explained in the spell. 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