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So being me I couldn't remember the syntax for using target at a critter.
Apparently if you put a non-zero number after the critter you prep the spell but can't cast anything.
>targ burn 10 at hog 1
That won't affect your current attunement very much.
You raise an arm skyward, chanting the equation of the Burn spell.
But you're already preparing a spell!
You gesture at a musk hog.
Currently lacking the skill to complete the pattern, your spell fails completely.
>targ burn 10 at hog 0
>
That won't affect your current attunement very much.
You raise an arm skyward, chanting the equation of the Burn spell.
You begin to weave mana lines into a target pattern around a musk hog.
You gesture at a musk hog.
A brilliant beam descends from the sky and shrinks into a tiny point centered on a musk hog.
The beam completely incinerates the head!
The musk hog falls to the ground and lies still.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
>targ burn 10 at hog 50976
That won't affect your current attunement very much.
You raise an arm skyward, chanting the equation of the Burn spell.
But you're already preparing a spell!
>pow
Xibar and Katamba are dominant, while Yavash's influence is weak.
Moonlight Manipulation and Psychic Projection spells are favored.
You have fully prepared the Burn spell at ten mana.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
>cast
You gesture at a musk hog.
Currently lacking the skill to complete the pattern, your spell fails completely.
Lunar Magic: 306 83% clear (0/34) Attunement: 326 55% clear (0/34)
Arcana: 255 16% clear (0/34) Targeted Magic: 159 28% clear (0/34)
Augmentation: 276 16% clear (0/34) Debilitation: 245 44% clear (0/34)
Utility: 230 13% clear (0/34) Warding: 214 76% clear (0/34)
Sorcery: 214 06% clear (0/34) Astrology: 214 04% clear (0/34)
Yamcer
"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF
>>Apparently if you put a non-zero number after the critter you prep the spell but can't cast anything.
After a lot of digging and analysis, the current recommendation is "then don't put a non-zero number after the critter"...
Unless there's a reason I'm missing?
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"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true." -E.A.P.
After a lot of digging and analysis, the current recommendation is "then don't put a non-zero number after the critter"...
Unless there's a reason I'm missing?
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"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true." -E.A.P.
<<Unless there's a reason I'm missing?>>
Only reason I could see is that syntax errors aren't typically reinforced with semi success messaging. And the failure messaging on casting indicates a lack of skill not improper use of syntax. It is something that can be easily missed in the scroll of everyday gaming.
Yamcer
"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF
Only reason I could see is that syntax errors aren't typically reinforced with semi success messaging. And the failure messaging on casting indicates a lack of skill not improper use of syntax. It is something that can be easily missed in the scroll of everyday gaming.
Yamcer
"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF
An interesting question is why does it work with a zero there?
And in a related note: would it be possible to get the target verb updated to allow called shots? Currently, if we want to target the left arm of something, we have to prep and then target, which doesn't seem terribly intuitive next to the wonderfulness of the target verb.
And in a related note: would it be possible to get the target verb updated to allow called shots? Currently, if we want to target the left arm of something, we have to prep and then target, which doesn't seem terribly intuitive next to the wonderfulness of the target verb.
