Re: Re: magical vs.mundane resistance

From: Paul Andrew King <paul_at_...>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 00:10:27 +0000

>I knew that would get tossed at me (I bet there's a perfect example in the
>book somewhere, but I never seem to have it with me when I'm posting). But
>consider what you're saying. Essentially you're stating that all abilities
>are either only useful against inanimate objects, and thus go against 14, or
>they're only useful against people, and thus go against a mundane
>resistance. That anything that does not is too broad? Is that what you
>really want to say?

I disagree with that. I would say that abilities like "Orlanth's Strength" would make the character strong unless there is some very special meaning to "Orlanth's Strength" that says otherwise. That ability can then be applied to do other things but because the magic is about "making the user strong" rather than about accomplishing the specific task the resistance is not an automatic 14. If the resistance were automatically 14 "Orlanth's Strength" would be as good as Barntar's "Move Stones" feat at clearing a large stone from a field about to be ploughed, and that doesn't seem right to me.

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in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala 
Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.