Re: Foreign Magic - flavour and crunch

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_tBYbVNMMkhxxsNUDoAa-QY6kr-SgtLKMjnU5wsQ8F6txREtvTMRTz8Og3VmE5jT85GL>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 10:57:42 -0000

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Stephen McGinness <stephenmcg_at_...> wrote: >
  > It wasn't a typo. I was thinking that defensive magic was more
  > effective against foreign magic and stuff to detect or dispel
  > foreign magic would be less effective.
  

That seems... counterintuitive.

> If both attack and defensive magic is less effective then there is no
> relative change in power...

Only if Dispel is your only attack magic. If countermagic works less well then Disruption (et. al.) would be more effective, giving the weird magic user an edge. The other guy can't dispel his magic, can't counter his magic, and can't even see what his magic is... sounds like an edge to me.

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Trotsky
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