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From: mr-frog@sdamos.UUCP (Dave Pare)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: magic resistance
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Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 17:52:15 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 20 17:52:15 1985
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Organization: UCSD Phonetics Lab
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In the way we interpret "magic resistance", spell effects of any
type (magic missiles, walls of iron, fireballs, polymorph other's)
which directly affect creatures with magic resistance do nothing
when the magic resistance roll is successful.  This can get kind
of tricky when walls of iron are dropped on demons and such.
Some people in our group rule that (in the case of the wall of iron)
a nice hole would appear in the wall where it would have hit the
demon.  Others think that the entire spell would be gone.  But in
any event, the spell would not harm the creature.

The magic resistance roll only applies to spell effects which actively
strike the creature having the magic resistance.  For instance, if
a friendly PC had polymorphed himself into a Titan, the magic
resistance of a demon being struck by the PC would not apply.


Dave Pare