>Peter Metcalfe wrote:
> > At 07:04 PM 8/19/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >>A quick question on the Wizardry rules: Can an orderly use his spells
> >>actively, even if he has not concentrated his magic? The HeroQuest
> >>book says that orderlies can use spells as active abilities, but on
> >>the same page it says that many orders require orderlies to
> >>concentrate before they will teach them spells.
> >
> > One does not preclude the other. The first is a rules requirement
> > while the second is a restriction imposed by the order. An order
> > can teach its spells to unconcentrated orderlies but they generally
> > prefer not to.
>
>Yes, but I think Rob's question is: *If* an orderly is not concentrated,
>*can he use spells actively?*
And the rules say yes he can.
>The rulebook seems to imply that he can--it says that all orderlies can
>use spells actively, and it also says that orderlies are not necessarily
>concentrated (implied by the statement that *some* orders specifically
>require concentration).
Which is what I said above.
>But the rulebook also implies that using magic actively (rather than
>just as an augment or to resist magic) is limited to people who
>concentrate their magic.
When the rule book implies that something is a general case which is apparently contradicted by an explicit mention of the converse, then the general case is true and the explicit mention is an exception.
Hence only concentrated magicians can cast spells actively except in the case of sorcery users.
>So, can non-concentrated orderlies use their spells *actively*?
Again yes. The rules explicitly state this.
--Peter Metcalfe
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