Quick Mechanic Questions

[Excist]

1) Usually DRN's are opposed rolls (both sides get a roll and then results are compared) and also usually open ended (all 6's add a bonus roll to the total) which makes odds fairly predictable, but leaving all possibilities...well, possible.

Magic Duel (single opposed single opposed roll) being one of the rare exceptions.

4) Spell effects do not stack with each other, but spell effects do stack with magic item and innate bonuses (which also stack with each other)

6) Creativity. Putting bodyguards on your mages with equipment or spells geared towards immobilizing or killing the storm immune flyer that has been plaguing you would be a thing to try.

[TigerBlood]

question 2 does not cover weapon length.

I believe the sequence is

morale check if opponent has a longer weapon. I'll have to look up the specifics.

attack + DRN vs. def + DRN

attack < defence then attack fails.

attack < defence + shield parry then shield defence added to protection.

protection also adds DRN, though only once (not twice if shield is in play for that attack).

3. I did not think that paths would be increased unless the mage actually possessed those paths. Path rating 0 being seperate from not having the path at all. I'll have to check this out for myself. Just a comment, not an answer.

[DeadlyShoe]

6) Finally, is there a way to prevent a storm-immune flier scripted to attack-rear from flying to your back line?

maintain a broad front across the entire arc of battle, most of the time the attacker will hang up on your flanks. IIRC, but not completely certain - fliers still use normal movement, they just do it instantly. So units blocking the flank-move path will hang them up.

start the battle with units on the flanks+further back than your mages.

[shatner]

Which of the following apply to the caster's chance of success during a magic duel:

1) Astral boosting items (crystal coin, starshine skullcap, etc.)?

2) Astral boosting spells (Light of the Northern Star, Power of the Spheres, etc.)?

3) Path boosts from being a communion master? (Additionally, does anything bad happen to the slaves if the master loses the duel?)

4) Penetration bonuses from items (rune smasher, spell focus, etc.)?