How Orlanth Fumbled his Roll

From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:53:19 -0700


Nick Brooke <Nick_at_...> wrote:
> Oliver responds to me:
>
>>> I think they've lost the "I used three points of rune magic for
>>> this and seven points of battle magic for that..." element from
>>> the original, but can't be bothered to check.
>
> [...]
>
> Original:
>
> "In the fight I used up 16 points of my own magic, and 8 of my
> spirit's. Of that, 12 points were for healing. I also used a Dismiss
> Elemental 3, Shield, Extension 2, and my bronze helmet (worth 650
> Lunars) was cut in half. In the end it was my allied spirit's Divine
> Intervention cast which saved me, thanks be to Issaries."

Also from the original:

"On the Divine Intervention roll, one of the dice fell off the table and the GM's cat started playing with it. Praise Issaries, we got it back before Scooter threw it into the litterbox or something. By the time the fight was over, we all needed more pizza."

I guess BV was more of a... simulationist, would you say?

--AMS

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