Re: [DL] Miracles & Hexes

["Daphne Brunelle" <dbrune4@po-box.mcgill.ca>]

> And here is the point of discussion: Do the two really _transfer_ the damage
> (so the player's character is unhurt) or do they just _mirror_ it?
> I think that in case of the hex the damage is mirrored (hence the name) but
> the miracle is another matter.
> Since the miracle transfers (?) wounds, it's mighty sucessful, but the Lord
> does keep a helping hand above his most loyal servants.
> But imagine a mojave-rattler doing four wounds to the guts to a priest who
> casts Retriubution - the priest is unscathed, the poor rattler at the brink
> of death (my posse likes that interpretation, of course) with just 24 points
> of inflicted damage.
> I am a bit uncomfortable with that, so I can't really decide how to rule
> that. Any thoughts?

My interpretation was always that *both* take the wounds. For Retribution, I'm
pretty sure (don't have F&B handy, but I have played a Blessed on occasion) that
is states that if you chip away your damage, only the highest number of wounds
you've sustained is inflicted on your enemy.

That way, your Mojave Rattler may bite the dust, but your Blessed won't exactly
be preaching his Sunday sermon any time soon either. Otherwise, it would really
be overpowered.

Think about it: the word "retribution" implies that the Blessed would have to
have suffered first, right?

Daphné
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