Fizzle Magic

[Scott Adams]

At 08:58 AM 2/22/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Hiya.
>
>> >  Never thought of it, really. I would allow the Mana to be regained 
>>fully
>> >if a Difficult Will check was made. Failure indicating only 50%(rd) would 
>>be
>> >recovered.
>>
>>That might work but if its a multiphase spell ie
>>phase 1 - 2 mana
>>phase 2 - 2 mana
>>
>>and the enemy all killed on 2 in above situation then the first phase's 
>>mana
>>could
>>not be regained...how I would amend it..
>
>  I'd use the total Mana used to cast the spell. My reasoning is that the 
>spell wasn't cast; in the process of casting a spell, the Mana "spent" each 
>phase isn't actually "spent" so much as it is being gathered. Once the total 
>amount has been gathered, there is enough for the magic-user to release it 
>in order to create the spell. So, the mana 'spent' in phase 1 was still 
>available to the magic user. Backing up this little theory of mine is the 
>fact that if a magic user is hurt during the casting of a spell, the spell 
>is wrecked. If the mana was already "spent" (and not being stored, as I 
>suggest), why would the spell be wrecked? shouldn't the MU be able to just 
>continue where he left off? Obviously there is some important connection 
>between phase 1 mana spent to phase 2 mana spent.
>

I always envisioned it as mana spent each phase.  I never thought of it
as a build up.  I'll have to consider that.

Any other comments from the other folks?

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