Re: OOC6: Because
So, since this is my first time playing a magic user in the shadowrun system, I was hoping to get your guys' help to make sure I understand the basics of the magic system. Especially how to cast spells and conjure spirits. I am having a tough time wrapping my head around it all at once, so I think that writing up a test scenario will be helpful. Please point out any mistakes I make.
Caduceus was bored one fine autumn day, so he decided to take a trip to a local corn maze. It must not have been a very popular one because he was the only person there. When he was smack dab in the middle of the maize maze, a Wild Minotaur appeared! As it snorts and stares him down, Caduceus calls to the spirits of the field to come to his aid. He is shaking in his boots and nearly peeing himself, so he tries to summon a really powerful one.
Caduceus has Conjuring 6. He uses all Conjuring dice for the test. Not saving any for the drain test. (Snake shamans get -1 for spells cast in combat, but this isn't a spell, correct? Probably not even combat yet either.)
10:59, Today: Caduceus failed (no successes) using 6d6 with the Shadowrun system with a target of 6 ((4,3,4,1,5,1)).
No spirit was willing to heed his call, but the effort of his attempt still wears him down.
Resisting Medium Stun damage from drain using charisma. No Conjuring dice added because none were saved. Target number is 6 because that is the force of the spirit he attempted to summon.
11:04, Today: Caduceus failed (no successes) using 6d6 with the Shadowrun system with a target of 6 with rolls of 5,2,1,2,5,5. Test run - resist drain.
Ouch! His fear must be really getting in the way of his concentration right now. Caduceus cringes at the mental backlash he is experiencing.
He takes Moderate stun damage! Three boxes get ticked in his stun column which will add +2 to the target number of future tests for a while.
11:24, Today: Caduceus rolled 6 successes using 6d6 with the Shadowrun system with a target of 2 with rolls of 3,4,2,4,5,(6+1)7. Test run - stun recovery.
Because of his strong will, it will only take Caduceus half an hour to fully recover. He bravely cowers away to a nearby trailer house to recuperate in. Luckily the Wild Minotaur is too busy eating the corn maze to bother following.
After he watches an ancient VHS copy of a Barney episode, the trailer's owner comes roaring up the driveway in an old beat up pickup truck. The woman who gets out is carrying a shotgun and probably wouldn't like to find someone messing with her antiques. Caduceus decides to distract her with a Trid Phantasm spell while he sneaks out. He decides on having the Minotaur from earlier walking down the hall of her trailer in the opposite direction while he hides behind the armchair, peeking over the armrest.
Force 5 Trid Phantasm. Also allocating 7 Sorcery Dice and saving all spell pool dice for the drain test. (saving an extra dice because of earlier lessons. Caduceus gets +2 dice because it is an illusion spell and -2 to the force for drain purposes because it is an exclusive spell of that type.) Target number is 4 because that is what the spell says.
12:15, Today: Caduceus rolled 3 successes using 7d6 with the Shadowrun system with a target of 4 with rolls of 2,(6+4)10,3,5,5,1,1. Test run - Cast Trid Phantasm Wild Minotaur.
I believe that means Ms. Shotgun will need three successes vs. target number of 5 to see through the phantasm?
Now to resist stun. +1(D) Stun. So Force 5 spell divided by two rounded down, +1, but -2 for its exclusive properties, so a total of 1 difficulty for the stun test. (gotta bump it up to 2 though, since that is the minimum for any test.) I'll add my remaining sorcery dice,(can I add that one?) all spell pool dice, and my willpower dice for a total of 13 dice.
12:27, Today: Caduceus rolled 10 successes using 13d6 with the Shadowrun system with a target of 2 with rolls of 4,1,1,3,2,1,5,5,5,2,4,(6+6+4)16,5. Test run - resist drain, Force 5 Trid Phantasm.
Ten successes means the damage code is reduced from Deadly to Serious to moderate to light to nothing to less-than-the-minimum-somehow-because-why-not?
Caduceus sneaks out the door while the lady tries to figure out why there is a Wild Minotaur headed for her bathroom.