[gurps] Re: Regular vs Melee type spells question

[Eric Funk]

>> Right. Regular spells /immediately/ affect a space, with whatever's
>> in that space possibly resisting.
>
> This is not quite right. There's always a penalty for spells cast
> without touching the subject, but it's only Area spells where a volume
> of space is the the subject. (B239, 1st column, last there paras, 3rd
> column, last two paras).

I must disagree with you sir. The very next paragraphs after your quote are 
the two types. Regular spells can be targetted volume-based, affecting 
whomever is there OR subject-based, with the spell auto-sensing the 
distance.


> So just waving your hand or Staff through a victim's hex is worth a -1
> to the Regular spell you are trying to zap them with.

> So, for Regular spells, the distance penalties are as follows:
>
> 0 yards: -1 (i.e. close, but not touching)
> 1 yards: -1
> 2 yards: -2
> 3 yards: -3
> etc.
>
> Not, this is not what Eric Funk said.  If I understood him correctly,
> he claimed:
> 0 yards: -0 (i.e. close, but not touching)
> 1 yards: -1
> 2 yards: -2
> 3 yards: -3
> etc.

I follow the example of the Long-Distance Modifiers (B241), where the 
shortest range before the first marker is 0 modifier.

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Eric Funk
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