[gurps] Regular vs Melee type spells question

[Captain Joy]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 2:02 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> There has to be a penalty for not touching for the rule to make any  
> sense, and otherwise no casters will bother to risk touching subjects.

Well, in the case of the Dehydrate Spell, if you touch the person,  
then you dehydrate that body part; otherwise, you affect the entire  
body.  Being able to to touch the person would increase the likelihood  
of crippling a body part or result in significant better damage  
modifiers (e.g. head attack).

I do see your point; however, I do think the rules as written indicate  
that both touching or being within a yard are non-penalized uses of a  
Regular Spell.
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