Re: [DL] Reflect Hex

["Leybourne, Brian - CLM" <Brian.Leybourne@airnz.co.nz>]

> (a) If he casts Reflect - for 3 of a kind, not only avoids all 
> damage, but the Black Magicker takes the damage instead.
> 
> (b) If he casts Bodyguard and gets 3 of a kind, he gets a reduction 
> of 6 wounds (might be a few more - don't have H&H with me at the 
> moment).  
> 
> If you do the sums for (b), (there are people out there who can do 
> the average roll and odds much better than I could) but I would 
> suggest that a hexslinger casting (b) would be much worse off than 
> (a)

Not at all. The 'slinger who casts A takes all the damage if he doesn't get
the required hand (i.e. the hex fails totally and he get hit for the full
total) while the 'slinger who casts B but misses the required hand by one
level still avoids most of the damage.

> OK, Bodyguard is a more general purpose hex than Reflect as it 
> protects against all forms of damage, however Reflect automatically 
> lets the caster take no damage and do that damage instead.  

Only if you hit the required hand, which doesn't matter AS much for
bodyguard.
 
> BTW, would it be possible if your Black Magicker was also Hexslinger 
> to reflect the reflected Bolt O'Doom back at the Hexslinger?  

No reason why not - I have had the situation in AD&D (many years ago) when
two spellcasters both had rings of spell-turning and one of them cast
something nasty at the other. The spell started bouncing, and neither could
move, cast anything else, or pretty much do anything for fear he would
distrup the next turn his ring would do (I think it was power word kill or
blind or something like that). As GM I eventually declared both rings
exploded from the strain and they both got hit by half the spell each, which
combined with the explosions I think killed both of them.

Brian "I was a DL marshal in training, and didn't even know it ;-)"
Leybourne.

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