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> On 26 Jun 2007, at 13:57, valkoharja wrote:
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> > So when a Destor cultist tries to throw his opponent to the ground
> > with a windblast and fails catastrophically... what happens?
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> The answer is "it depends". It depends on what sort of power the
> theist is trying to use, how he or she is trying to use it and quite
> possibly other circumstances (if you have a myth for the feat that
> might have some bearing, for instance). Storm being a violent, and
> hard-to-control power (with fratricidal tendencies, too !) I'd say
> that a spectacular failure with a windblast would tend to backfire.
> There would be a windblast - but it would probably harm the user,
> directly or indirectly.
This sounds like good advice. Similarily a failure in healing propably
wouldn't do anything violent, but could parhaps put the healer to
sleep. The most violent result I can imagine for that would be that
the pain of the wound would overcome the healer and force her to stop.
-Adept