>A quick question on the Wizardry rules: Can an orderly use his spells
>actively, even if he has not concentrated his magic? The HeroQuest
>book says that orderlies can use spells as active abilities, but on
>the same page it says that many orders require orderlies to
>concentrate before they will teach them spells.
One does not preclude the other. The first is a rules requirement while the second is a restriction imposed by the order. An order can teach its spells to unconcentrated orderlies but they generally prefer not to.
>We have a character in our group who knows some spirit magic but just
>joined the order of St. Arkat the Liberator. For all I know, he'd
>never want to use his abilities actively, I'm just curious whether
>it's an option.
Arkat isn't really a Saint but a heterodox hero that embraced all kinds of magics. For his order to require initiates to be pure to Malkionism would be a trifle odd.
--Peter Metcalfe
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