On 22 May 2004 at 13:53, bethexton_at_... wrote:
> I'm torn on this one personally. If I ever get to run a game I'll
> have to make up my mind I guess. But I agree that letting mundane
> abilities resist magic openly may be unfair to magic.
>
> A couple of options:
> - a mundane ability always takes a penalty.
> - a mundane ability can only augment your resistance (even the
> default 14)
> - a mundane ability can only be used to resist magic if it is a very
> direct opposition.
> In the case of the love potion, I might be inclined to say that maybe
> you only resist the potion with a 14, and if you fail you temporarily
> gain the trait "Loves x" at the potion strength. You can resist that
> trait normally.
Oh, story wise there is a lot to be said for "Loves X" being placed on someone magically, despite him still having "Hates Tribe X is from", "Proud and unyielding", and "Thinks love is for the weak".
As I said, in most cases, what you are intending to use the magic for will be the real issue, and in those sorts of conests, you almost never have two people resisting things in straight opposition. In some ways this question is often moot.
LC
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