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Hi Lev,<br><br>Your page numbers are different from mine - I've got the AH deluxe box with individual books. I'm looking at the section in the INTRODUCTION called COMMON MAGICAL PROCEDURES AND CONCEPTS, subsection SPELLS: Total Magic Points (pg. 9-10) "Total magic points for spirit magicians equal one per point of spell plus the magic points used to <i>boost</i> the spell" <br><br>Then, a little later, under Spell Boosting (pg. 11) is says "...additional magic points can be added to <i>any</i> spell in order to help it overcome <i>defensive magic</i>."<br><br>Based on this, I would say your presumption is correct - these extra points do not influence the resistance table roll. The answer to your situational question is "no".<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Chris<br><br>> From: lev@rpgreview.net<br>> To: runequest@rpgreview.net<br>> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:27:37 +1100<br>> Subject: [Runequest] Boosting spells - difference in RQ2 and RQ3?<br>> <br>> In RuneQuest II battle magic may have additional temporary POW added to<br>> them for the purpose of overcoming defensive magics such as Countermagic<br>> or Shield (p33). <br>> <br>> In RuneQuest III spirit magic spells may be augmented by magic points<br>> (p102 Deluxe). It does not say what the purpose of this augmentation is,<br>> although in the example (Cormac's Saga, p101), it is used to overcome a<br>> Spell Resistance. In the Divine Magic chapter (p112) it specifically<br>> says that spells can be boosted to overcome defensive magics.<br>> <br>> >From this I presume the intent of the description of adding magic points<br>> to augment spells is for overcoming spell protection and not as a<br>> general case simply to improve chances on the resistance table. However,<br>> I do want to hear what others think.<br>> <br>> Can a character in RQIII with 20 points of various stored magic points<br>> and POW 18 cast a Disruption at an opponent with POW 18, put 11 magic<br>> points into it (1 to cast, 10 boosted) and achieve an automatic (bar<br>> 96-00) success?<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Runequest mailing list<br>> Runequest@rpgreview.net<br>> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<br> </body>
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