Date:         Wed, 10 Mar 1993 14:20:16 -0500
From: "Dain A. Muller" <[93 dam] at [wheatonma.edu]>
Subject:      Update of rules from Alan Kellog and GDW

I just got a response from GDW concerning some mistakes I encountered with
the rules.

1. Under Dweomercraefter (Green) Vocation, Hand Weaepons should read:
Combat, Hand Weapons            8               (PMCap + PNCap)*.5

2. Clarification of the Defense Bonus Formulae:  the added protection is
to -all- parts of a single piece of armor.  Thus leather would get
7,7,7,10,10,7,20 from Defense Bonus Formula I.

3. Parrying rules - (I asked about parrying when using the optional
spacing of attacks)  A parry may be attempted at any time, no matter when
the HP made a previous attack.  The only exception is that you can not
parry and attack at the same beat (spaced point).  Parrys do not affect
subsequent actions, so if your next attack was spaced 10 after your first,
and you parried half way between them, when you got to the 10 initiative
point later, you would still get your attack provided you still had
attacks left.

4.  I got an answer about Mental and Spiritual damage.  Yes, it is just
that much easier to kill somebody mentally.  Remember, however, somebody
blown away mentally or spiritually is -not- dead yet.

5. Death Magick Ritual (Dweomercraft Grade 9), this spell lasts for a
number of hours equal to the persons lowest Trait, and then ends.  Thus it
is possible to heal them before the spell kills them.

6. Elemental Force Formula:  the creature's BAC should be equal to the
casters STEEP in their primary Dweomercraeft school.  The same would be
true for Summon Elementary Cantrip, and the elementary so summoned would
do 3d6 of the appropriate damage type if in FPM.

7. Elemental Hands Charm: The caster must make a succesful attack
immediately upon completion of the casting, or, optionally, hold it until
the next CT.  In any case, if the attack fails (against Combat, HTH Lethal
or Non-Lethal) the effect is lost.

8. Beads of Fire:  The damage is 7d6+7.  However, Zocchi Enterprises does
make a 7 sided die that apparently actually works.

Well, that covers information gleaned so far.
Enjoy.


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