Re: Magic Conflicts

[Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

Well, most of the opposing type spells are very explicit.  Soul Hold's
whole purpose is to prevent the soul from leaving the body-- by force or
otherwise.  Priestesses of At'ena _never_ have had spells, and I am very
curious where that happened.  As far as the other spells go, the last one
cast usually prevails, altering the atmosphere the same whether it is
natural or not.  

I am being very broad, so if you want more examples, we can continue.

Jevan


On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Michael Kilgore wrote:

> There are some cases where two spell are cast and they do different things.
> Granted these situations don't happen very often (I can think of only one
> case), this subject may be something worth discussing as this information is
> not in the book.
> 
> The one case I seen was where someone cast a spell to open a door (a
> supposed experimental rank 2 or 3 A'tena spell) that had seal cast on it.
> The GM ruled that the two spells were opposing each other and had the player
> roll a number of dice equal to the power of the spell and he roll a number
> of dice equal to the seal spell's power.  Needless to say, the mighty seal
> won the battle.
> 
> How about Clarity (Isis) versus Pith (Mind Twisters)?
> Soul Hold (necromancy) versus Deliver (Anubis)?
> Air Temperature (air) versus Change Temperature (Common)?
> Quicken (Movement) versus Slow (Movement)?
> Wax (Earth) versus Wane (Earth)?
> Adamant (Earth) versus Sunder (Common)?
> 
> I imagine there are many more examples.  So, what is the standard way of
> handling these conflicts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
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