>
> > to enhance his combat ability in advance of a contest. Effectively
> > he's casting Bladesharp and Protection before rushing into
> > a fight.
>
> I REALLY wish we could get away from comparisons with Runequest;
they
> are both imaginary systems, and a rules implementation or
> interpretation should not be expected to carry over to a new set of
> rules, unless the new rules were explicitly intended to do so.
> Which, I understand, they were not. Whatever relationship may have
> existed between the characters and the spells in RQ may not be the
> same in HW. And for those of us with neither familiarity nor
> interest in the RQ rules, comparisons based on them are at best
> incomprehenisble, and at worst actively miselading.
All I'm saying is that I fail to see why magic that enchants
someone's sword and magic that enchants someone's armour
should abviously both give the character a benefit - rules
preventing magical enhancements from adding be damned.
I only refered to RQ in order to make that point clear
by analogy.
Simon Hibbs