> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Geard [mailto:geard_at_verso.org]
> Sent: 29 June 2005 18:33
> To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
> Subject: Re: Enferalda
>
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:29, Jane Williams wrote:
> > > Enferalda gets the
> > > affinity "Endurance" which is described in purely personal
> > > terms to do with
> > > bearing heavy burdens, going without food, ignoring pain,
> > > going without sleep, remaining standing and surviving battle.
> >
> > Purely personal? Try thinking about a follower applying those abilities to
> > her leader. And to the rest of her followers. And, after a few multiple
> > target penalties, to the rest of the warband.
>
> It sounds like I've missed something basic in the rules about applying magic
> to others. All the rest of what you write makes sense if I can get this
> aspect sorted.
>
> Could you fill me in on how you augment someone else with a feat like "Bear
> heavy burden" or "Ignore pain"? I'd assumed that when you augmented _you_
> were using the feat in a way that might help someone else, not that you could
> throw the feat to others so _they_ could do it. Some feats are easy to
> narrate as augments, while others aren't. Think of Bevara's "Heal self
> fully", for instance.
My take is that major characters (i.e. player heroes and their main antagonists) have the mental flexibility to minimax their magic.
This would include augmenting others and even directing casting the Bear Heavy Load on another. The two caveats to work within are
1) Jane's suggestion of touch and cooperation
2) Some feats are quite specific in their application, like Heal Self Fully.
But even Heal Self Fully could be worked around with a sufficiently large difficulty and imagination. For example:
Player: "I use my Heal Self Fully to show dying Fred how to heal himself".
Narrator: "Yes, but there is a difficulty of D+50."
Player: "Wah! I only have 19W"
Narrator: "So tell me what else you are doing to help heal Fred before he dies?".
>
> I'd be quite happy to learn I'm wrong.
>
> Cheers,
> Jennifer
> --
> Jennifer Geard
> --
Regards,
Charles