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Systems & Settings => Rolemaster => RMC/RM2 => Topic started by: Lorgalis on November 07, 2017, 12:03:14 PM
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Is it possible to cancel a stored spell or does it have to be cast before you can cast another spell? And where can I find this in the rules? A store spell in companion 2 got me a bit confused
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CANCELING A SPELL
The caster of a spell can, at any time, cancel that spell; the caster must be within the spell’s original range limit or within “sensing” range of the spell’s current effects. The caster cannot cancel the actual physical or mental results of a spell (e.g., fire, wounds, created materials, etc.). Cancellation takes 1 round of concentration. (Channeling spells may also require the permission or acquiescence of the caster’s deity to cancel the effect.)
Spell Law pg 87
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CANCELING A SPELL
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Spell Law pg 87
IMO this refers to cancelling a spell that was already cast and where the effects should now end. But, as far as I understood, Lorgalis' question refers to a spell stored e.g. via the Spell Store spell.
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Is it possible to cancel a stored spell or does it have to be cast before you can cast another spell? And where can I find this in the rules? A store spell in companion 2 got me a bit confused
I don't think this gets clarified in the rules, unless the Spell Store's spell description includes a notion of how to cancel a stored spell. Personally, I'd allow cancelling a stored spell similar to the normal spell cancelling rules, i.e. it should take a round of concentration for the caster to cancel the stored spell and then he can store a new spell.
YMMV
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Well, in effect, one may consider that the spellcaster is under the effect of the Spell store spell, so he may just cancel it, thus cancelling the fact he has a spell stored.
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Well, in effect, one may consider that the spellcaster is under the effect of the Spell store spell, so he may just cancel it, thus cancelling the fact he has a spell stored.
That's a nice explanation to get the spell cancelling rules into the boat :).
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I found this idea on the internet: A "Spell Store"d (Rune Mastery 2) spell prevents all other spells from being cast until the stored spell is cast, and there is no apparant way to un-store a stored spell except by casting it. If, therefore, you can trick a mage into storing a spell that he really doesn't want to ever cast (e.g., "Greater Demonic Gate") you can effectively neutralize him until he finds some extraordinary means of having the spell un-stored.
So i started to think about the rules for canceling spells
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That's kind of a premise of the Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, a mage who is magically useless because he's stuck with a spell too dangerous and unknown to cast.
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Aha! I thought it was a brilliant idea, but I think i will rule that a spell caster can just cancel a stored spell. Or Else there should be a "cancel stored spell" spell. Just wanted to know how other gms would handle it
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That's kind of a premise of the Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, a mage who is magically useless because he's stuck with a spell too dangerous and unknown to cast.
Rincewnd!!! :laugh1: The spell is so powerful he can't learn any other spells because they won't stay in his head.
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That's a nice explanation to get the spell cancelling rules into the boat :).
That'd easily explain why a spellcaster cannot store several spells, as one cannot cumulate the same spell (or, rather, being simultaneously under the effect of several castings of the same spell): since he's already under the effect of the Spell store spell, he's not affected by the casting of another.