> I rather meant the people with an affinity rating over 10 and maybe one or
> two feats (shouldn't be that few), not the *petty magic* stuff
> there seems to be an (bad word following ;-))) inflation of magic, at
> least with average or better-than-average people
Only if you think that RuneQuest was an accurate presentation of Glorantha.
But remember that narrators can impose consequences for failing (see p.173). A typical consequence for failing could be a penalty on the affinity or even being unable to use the affinity for the remainder of the episode (or until performing some great act of peity) -- and this is all from a pretty literal reading of the consequences chart (p.125). A creative narrator could do more.
So if you have an affinity of 11, and are going against the minimum resistance of 14, you're going to end up with a lot of consequences. You won't be going around casting magic all day.
Also remember that Hero Wars portrays characters who are (at any level) assumed to be somewhat more heroic than in RuneQuest.
> So, if he uses his light affinity against the troll, the GM should give him
> a bonus or an edge for blinding a creature of darkness? Or does the ability
> switch force the troll to change to a better fitting ability, too?
I wouldn't. He'd reduce the troll's APs. The troll *would* have to defend against the light magic with something appropriate, and his magical defense might well be worse than his other defenses.
Wulf gives an example
> "you walk forward, using your Face of Death Feat to augment your
> Intimidate ability. With a +3 Bonus, the Intimidate 13 becomes 16. You
> bid 5 AP from the 13 AP your Intimidate gives you.
I'm sure it was a typo, but you have 16 AP in this situation (p.129).
As does Jeff
> Gunnar Hurt With Hail 9w3 vs Fyrdlings Resist 13 (or 17).
Since hail is a magical attack, the Fyrdmen should have a resistance of at least 14 (p.171), no matter what their training. (Sorry to be so picky guys.)
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
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