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[verthicca]

so far as i can tell there is no rule about casting multiple spell combos in one turn. is this correct?

A PC has a spell combo that takes a half action, does this mean they can do it twice in one turn?

[Amanojyaku]

Book 1, p.243. A player cannot take the same half action twice in the same turn.

[sliprunner]

When using the feat "Spell Might", with say, a damage spell. Does the +10 apply to the damage as the 'Final' result of the spell, or to the 'Final' result of the magic test? Likewise if you apply it to a spell that doesn't have a rolled effect, would it apply to the magic test?

[Amanojyaku]

Not all spells deal damage. Therefore, it applies to the Focus Power test.

[verthicca]

is there a way to sunder armor off of a creature. attacking the armor to break it?

[Traskus]

Crisis zone has an advantage that has a penalty to ap.

For homebrew, there's flashing flourish, toxigenesis' corrosion spell, and mephidross. There might be more but I don't know of them.

Apart from that, you can always houserule it.

[verthicca]

is it fair to declare a 0k0 on a focus power spell an automatic failure?

[Amanojyaku]

No. Keeping no dice implies a characteristic rating of 0; you're rolling a single die that does not explode. This isn't an automatic failure specifically because static bonuses could still make it work.

That being said, with the dickery you'd have to go through to make both a characteristic and a magic school be zero for the casting, you may as well arbitrarily declare the player unable to succeed... in for a penny, in for a pound, so they say.

[sliprunner]

For the context of it helps (for future reference)
Weaken the veil at level 2, added a static bonus of 6 to the focus power test.
Spell might was -2k0 to the test to add 10 to final result.
So what happened was...
5k4 to cast blink, 1 school, 4 characteristic.
5k4+6 weaken veil -> 2k2+6 fettered-> 0k0+6+10 (16) spell might be TN 15 (blink)

[verthicca]

so the Minion system. you dont roll damage against them, instead killing a number of them equal to your raise over attack rolls, but how do you deal with Flamers which do no have attack rolls?

[Lestat]

Realistically: it's a broken part of the system, you can only fiat, and make crude houserules.

RAW Nightmare Clown Land: Minions use Threat Rating as the number of kept dice for ALL combat rolls, including needing to make a Dex test. They would roll XkY (X = number of minions in squad, Y = Threat Rating). If they succeed nothing happens, if they pass they are hit, and would take damage normally if they weren't minions. Instead they lose 1 minion + 1 for every raise made on the attack. You would kill one minion because you do hit, but there was no attack that got raises, only a failed test that got checks.

[jakinbandw]

So I'm in a game using a wraithbone mace and I'm curious if the only spell that it works with is Energy Grasp, or if it works with any spell that is cast in melee range. Like could I use Weaponry + Level to hit with prismatic ray if I was in melee range of my target?

[Amanojyaku]

No. Wraithbone melee weapons check for the Touch keyword... the one that has you make a Brawl+DEX test to hit the target. You do not get to channel a Ranged Touch spell this way.

And it also works with Draining Touch.

[jakinbandw]

Okay. I figured I'd ask because wraithbone weapons don't mention the touch keyword at all.

Melee Weapon: You can deliver melee-range spells using this weapon, Testing the appropriate weapon skill and Level rather than Brawl and Level. If the spell has a casting time of one half action or more, you may choose to add an attack with this weapon to the spell.

[GuardianTempest]

To be fair, melee-range spells are the ones with the Touch keyword, because you need to get right next to your opponent to hit them. It also mentions Weapon Skill+Level instead of Brawl+Level, as the latter is what's used in the keyword's definition.