Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!mccolm From: mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Magic Resistance vs Clerical Spells Message-ID: <6392@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 16:29:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.6392 Posted: Mon Jul 22 16:29:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 22:35:21 EDT References: <162@ukc.UUCP> Reply-To: mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eric McColm) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 42 Summary: In article <162@ukc.UUCP> tgm@ukc.UUCP (T.Murphy) writes: > > From Monster Manual (p5) :- > "MAGIC RESISTANCE indicates the percentage chance of any spell > absolutely failing in the monster's presence. It is based on > the spell being cast by a *magic-user* of 11th level, ... > Thus a magic resistance of 95% means that a 10th level > *magic-user* has no posibility ..." > >Joe Jaquinta; c/o D.U. Maths Society; 39.16 Trinity College; Dublin 2; Ireland >{decvax,seismo,ihnp4}!mcvax!ukc!tcdmath!jaymin If what you need is a patch, I suggest you chuck the old definition of magic resistance and try a new one. One might be: Magic Resistance is based on the spell being of 5th level, and increasing by 10% per spell level below 5th, and increasing by 10% per spell level above 5th, irrespective of the level of the spell caster. So, 3rd level spells simply do not work against creatures with magic resistances of 80% or above. This produces a very similar game, but pushes high-level casters into using high-level spells against demon princes. Actually, I would prefer basing this on 4th level spells instead of 5th, but the above produces the smallest possible changes in the game. An alternative would be that magic resistance is ineffective against spells specifically designed to affect creatures with magic resistance, such as spells dealing with creatures from outer planes and the like. If you want to stay within the reading of the rules, it's difficult to come up with an excuse for certain spells affecting creatures irrespective of magic resistance (or possibly other things). --fini-- Eric McColm UCLA (oo' - kluh) Funny Farm for the Criminally Harmless UUCP: ...!{ihnp4,trwspp,cepu,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!mccolm ARPA: (evolved) mccolm@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU (pre-cambrian) mccolm@UCLA-CS.ARPA Quotes on the Nature of Existence: "To be, or not to be..." -Hamlet (Wm. Shakespeare) "I think, therefore I am." -R. Descartes "" -Gleep (Robt. Asprin)