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From: dwex@ittvax.UUCP (David Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Foo on the time-number of attacks business
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 13:38:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 13:38:53 1984
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Just had to stick my two cents in on this one:

	STRICTLY SPEAKING, these are the casting times for 
    various popular spells.  Instead of dealing in "segments"
    and "rounds", I will instead compare the casting times to
    the number of attacks a fighter would get before the spell
    would go off.  REMEMBER that if a MU or Cleric is injured
    during the spell casting time, then the spell stops.

(table deleted to save space)    

	Now, as you can see, it does appear that any moderate level
    fighter or monster will be able to chop up a MU/Cleric with no
    problem, IF TIME IS COUNTED.    But, of course, it is not.  For
    all you AD&D players out there, ask yourself when was the last
    time you had to wait 5 segments (attacks) before the Cure Light
    Wounds on your character took effect??

	I stand by my eariler statement, that in AD&D, spell casting
    time is almost completely ignored by most DM's.  And, in addition,
    that this is the fault of the system.

    Steven Maurer
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Except for one small problem : no fighter gets more than one attack per
round until at least 8th level.  Segments are for determining WHEN in the round
an attack is made, not how many.  Therefor the odds of a fighter having the
chance to blow an MU's spell are one in (cast segments), and then only if he
hits the MU.  Of course, the odds go up if the fighter is hasted, there is more
than one fighter, etc, but the principle is the same. 
   Therefore the argument just doesn't work (unless you think a fighter having
a one in five chance of potentially destroying a cure light wounds is
excessive).  The rules are hard enough to deal with without silly
interpretations like this one.

				   'Nuff said.
				       David Wexelblat
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