>
> It seems crazy to say that these _couldn't_ be used against a rock
> flying through the air at you.
>
> BUT, to me there is a very crucial difference between Harvar pitching
> a rock at you, no matter how good he is at it, and Harvar using magic
> to do the same thing.
And figuring out the balance between those thoughts remains a difficult exercise.
> How much harder seems to me that it should be an issue of balance,
> enough of a penalty so that buying up magic is a reasonable choice,
> but not so high that buying up your magic is the only reasonable
> choice. -10? -20? I don't know the answer, I just know the effect
> I want to see, that of magic being the usual defense against magic,
> but that a magical attack against someone's mundane strong suit
> cannot just ignore it.
I toyed with the idea of the magic defense being the primary one, but all mundane relevant defenses could augment, but that didn't seem to work so well because if you were particularly strong in a mundane defense the penalties were too high. (division rather than subtraction)
If an epiphany hits you, do tell.
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