Topic: Staying from Essence Hand

[Nejira]

Might be going out on a limb here, but within a game context is it important that its scientific correct? IMO, its more important that the general idea of a spell (and any other ability/power) can be delievered to the receiver without misunderstandings and with ease of use within said person?s game.

Not to undermine anyone?s RL skills here, and I understand the thrill of finding something in popular literature using the right terms. I found myself raging sometimes over misconceptions, but its a game and a game should be relatively easy to approach without us non-scientific readers having to look every other term up.

[Arioch]

Might be going out on a limb here, but within a game context is it important that its scientific correct? IMO, its more important that the general idea of a spell (and any other ability/power) can be delievered to the receiver without misunderstandings and with ease of use within said person?s game.

 

I wholly agree with Nejira!! 

[GrumpyOldFart]

Well that was the point, the incorrect use of the word "pressure" has been causing misunderstandings for years. No, you shouldn't have to look it up. But if you *do* know what a term means and how it is used, the usage in the spell description shouldn't lead you astray either.

[rdanhenry]

Might be going out on a limb here, but within a game context is it important that its scientific correct?

Scientifically correct? No. Terminologically correct? Yes. The problem is that we are all making our best guess about what the spell was intended to be, because what was actually written does not have a meaning.

[Temujin]

Was anyone bothered by how, no matter powerful a being, no one was able to instantly cast a non-instant spell? Did anyone create a house rule about the matter?
(FYI I did but I was wondering)

We have used the modifier to cast non-instant spell as a snap action which results for us in using any spell reactively.  I realise that's not exactly correct according to the rules, but that's what we did.  What do you use?

[OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol]

Following the logic according to which a caster casts spells 3 levels under his own as Class II and spells 6 levels (and more) under his own as Class I, I had merely stated that a caster casts spells 21 levels under his own as instant spells.