RE: mutate

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> From dan@aquest.com Wed Jul 15 12:07:49 1998
> From: Daniel Lawrence <dan@aquest.com>
> To: "'Steve Ames'" <steve@ns1.cioe.com>, "gmlist@cioe.com" <gmlist@cioe.com>,
>         "kris@cioe.com" <kris@cioe.com>
> Subject: RE: mutate
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:10:51 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Ames [SMTP:steve@ns1.cioe.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 15, 1998 11:45 AM
> To:	gmlist@cioe.com; kris@cioe.com
> Subject:	Re: mutate
>
>
> I think we need some clarifications on how long a mutate takes to complete.
> Does it take a day? is it instant? A week?
> [Daniel Lawrence]  4 rounds, which is 16 seconds.
>
> I believe we didn't used to be able to mutate creature abilities. It took
> a different rules clarification to allow this :) Love working in that
> vaccum.
> [Daniel Lawrence]  we are not. Here it is.
>
> 						-Steve
>
> [Daniel Lawrence]  straight out of the book.
>
> MUTATE
> Time to Cast: 4 R               
> Resist Check: 4d6 vs PWR negates     
>       Target: touch                  
>     Duration: permanent              
>         Area: 1 creature
>       Effect: "improve" species
>
>           Mutate empowers the caster to make changes or "improvements" to a
> species. Extra arms or legs can be added or removed, eye position and
> number changed, skeletal shape altered, etc. One change can be made with
> the base spell, plus one change for every two finesses.
>
> [Daniel Lawrence]  There is NO mention of added abilities. The description
> specifically improves an existing species... it does not change the target to
> a different speices. It does not heal damaged tissue. It can create a wing, 
> but it does not let the target fly. It does not increase muscle strength. 
> It does not change health/agility/strength. It can not make you beautifull.

Thats what mutate means. I cast a mutate to adjust the size of your nose,
voila you look better. I mutate your skin to be harder, your DVs rise. I
think the key word here is 'improvements'... improvements have to have a
game affect. If having a 3rd eye doesn't let me see out of the back of
my head or increase DVs why have it? This is a rate 14 spell!

> Spells do what they say they do.... rather than doing everything they don't
> say they don't. It amazes me as to just how people can intrupret english.

Me too.

						-Steve