> This guy can beat a stick picker with any old thing he choses, a large fish,
> a twig, a piece of cheese.
> What's the improv mod for using a large fish? -40? Still leaves him with
> 15w.
> Fire magic 17 is not a terrible ability score. Even if it only produced a
> flaming sword with the intensity of a match he should still be attacking
> better than if he was armed with a fish.
Fire Magic 17 is beginning character level. Normally good for about a +2 on the target numbers. Its actually pretty weak.
>
> I guess augmentation could cover it. With 15w3 you should be able to get
> some high augmentation.
Augmentation gives him about a fifty-fifty chance of getting a +15 to the target number, and +11 is almost a certainty. That gives him somewhere between 8W and 12W with the fiery sword - not much different from the fish.
Alternatively he could go for edges - double the numbers. So a ^22 edge is almost a certainty. If he does connect, he'll do damage.
Personally, as I've mentioned before, I'd let him make a simple contest against 14 resistance, and if he wins he has a flaming sword, which acts like a sword.
The point is that even though the guy is suddenly much weaker playing it with a straight "fire magic ability used to attack" there are explainations as to why.
Cheers,
Graham
-- Graham Robinson The Stable Yard - Internet Solutions gjr_at_... http://www.thestableyard.net
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