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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: command spell
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 09:05:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 09:05:19 1985
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>I would like to know what everyone thinks about the first level clericial 
> spell command. I personally thnik that it is absurd for a first level spell to
>cause certain doom for characters and monsters unfortunate enough to not have a
> saving throw against it. This means that a first level cleric can go up to a 
>fifth level fighter and command him to "die" and then chop him to little peices
> while he is defenseless. 

Not really. The fighter would just spend one round trying to figure out how to
go about "die"-ing.  During that round, the cleric and friends could get an
undefended swing in on him, but that's hardly the same as chopping him to
little pieces.  
   This spell is also useless against any being whose language you don't speak,
of course.  So once in awhile it lets you get a free attack or two.  Not 
unbalancing for a first level spell.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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   "Well I've been burned before, and I know the score,
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    Are you willing to risk it all, or is your love in vain?"-Dylan