Re: Digest Number 276

["carissea" <rafry@ozemail.com.au>]

Interesting. I'd have gone in the opposite direction, ruling that the
increased chance to hit comes in some way from the sword's increased
responsiveness to the wielder -- although the shadow/star energy of
the sword is harmless to others (so the damage-causing effect goes away).

Now if my GM wanted to be a sadistic bastard and rule otherwise,
that's his prerogative. You could probably justify it either way. I
always felt that Shadow mages had an intriguing set of spells in the
first place, so don't feel that either ruling would make much
difference in how fun the class is.

However, I haven't played DQ for years, and haven't found any group of
players since I moved to Sydney.


--- In dq-rules@yahoogroups.com, "J. Corey" <dq@j...> wrote:
> 
> And I would go as far to rule (if I were the GM) that the sword has NO  
> effect on like aligned creatures.  Not even it's normal damage.
> But I am more used to GMing than playing, so I can be a bit of a  
> bastard.
> 
> 
> an 8, 2005, at 11:35 AM, Jason Honhera wrote:
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> > Both benefits are only against opposing aligned creatures.  The
energy  
> > that enhances the physical sword is in no way harmful to like
aligned  
> > creatures.
> >
> >
> > dq-rules@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> > 1. Re: Digest Number 275
> > From: Mark D
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> > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:58:35 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Mark D
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 275
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> > Greetings and Hello to all,
> >
> > I have a DQ question and was wondering if I could get
> > some expert opinions.
> >
> > Regarding,
> > "Spell of Creating Shadow-Starsword
> > EFFECTS: Only Star Mages may create a Starsword, and
> > only Dark Mages or Shadow Weavers may create a Shadow
> > Sword. Any sword within range may have this type of
> > spell cast over it. The sword will then have 1 ( + 1
> > per Rank) added to its Base Chan! ce and 1 (+ 1 for
> > every 3 or fraction of 3 Ranks) added to the damage it
> > will do whenever it is used against a creature of
> > opposite alignment. Starswords do extra damage to
> > creatures of night and shadow and shadowswords do
> > extra damage to all other creatures."
> >
> > My group has been debating this topic, so my question
> > is this: Does the Strike Chance AND Damage only work
> > against creatures of opposite alignments OR would,
> > say, a star sword get the + to SC against a creature
> > of the same alignment, but not get the additional
> > damage?
> >
> > If at all possible, it would be great to hear opinions
> > from long time DMs and players, as well as any
> > original DQ contributors (if they are out there
> > reading this).
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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