Re: Animist in a straight-up fight from Donald R. Oddy on 2005-03-29 (Glorantha Digest Vol 11)

From: Donald R. Oddy <donald_at_grove.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:44:43 GMT

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503291511110.12951_at_paju.oulu.fi> Mikko Rintasaari writes:
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>> From: donald_at_grove.demon.co.uk (Donald R. Oddy)
>>
>> Depends how you use them. In a straight stand up fight animists may
>> well be at a disadvantage at high levels. However there are plenty
>> of nasty tricks even a moderate level animist can do to PCs.
>
>I was thinking specifically about the raw power in a straight-up magical
>slugfest.

So what? the average Lunar officer has no chance in a sword fight against a decent level Heortling PC but with his regiment behind him the situation is reversed.

>They still look underpowered to me, but people have rushed to assure me
>that the animists are as powerful as the rest. I'm still not quite sure
>how they figure that, aside from fattening up personal spirits and/or
>extrapolating beyond the given power levels in the HQ book.

I've not followed the calculations in detail but I don't think it's important. Once you get above 1W3 a PC is highly specialised unless the narrator has been giving out HPs like confetti. So an opponent who has several spirits at 1W3 has a big advantage against a PC with one affinity or grimoire at 1W4 provided they can choose how they attack.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/


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