Posted by Warrior on July 18, 2000 at 16:31:36:
In Reply to: You could give them some sort of altruism-like skill, or the ability to jump in front of a spell's attack and thus absorb its blow. I don't know if I'd want to jump in front of cone of cold as a fire giant though...shiver. nt posted by Imbrogno on July 18, 2000 at 14:47:19:
Instead of deflecting spells have it absorbed and restore a little of the defenders hp. Not much maybe just like 20hp restoration? Wouldn't that be cool? > > > I can't think of a good name but it'd be something like blitz on Dio's Posmud. > > > You crack the victim on the head with a fist, or your mace, or some other blunt object and break his concentration, causing some of his spells to drop. Kinda like a dispel magic skill. > > or, because a defender is exceedingly hard to attack, because hes dodging about and his superior defensive tactics, a mage casting a spell at him has a small chance of a spell droping (which the defender would notice).
> > this could be quite powerful because fly, control trans, wraithform could potentially drop.. but because the mage has to cast on him, and thus be aggresive, it is mostly defensive.