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Subject: Talisman balance
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Date: Fri, 3-Jan-86 18:16:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  3 18:16:24 1986
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I've just started playing Talisman, and have encountered a seeming imbalance.
The Prophetess, Wizard, and the owner of the wand get spells regenerated
auto-matically.  If those players are willing to be very free with their
spells, they can run through an amazing number of spells each turn, and
become far more powerful than any other character.  Most of the spells can
be wasted (such as barrier on a useless square, turning any number (like 0)
of items into gold, healing a character with 4 lives, etc.)  Thus by simply
running through the spell deck, these characters can almost always have the
one spell they most want.

Has anyone else encountered this phenomenon, and if so, how do you deal with
it?

Tim.

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