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D&D Excerpt #11
This was a busy week as far as my notes are concerned, so lets get to it...

This is VERY unusual because it is GM's stated (and practiced) policy to avoid adding many new things to his world, such as spells and monsters from new books that come out, because, to paraphrase him: 'It is important that players have a good frame of reference for the challenges. They should not continuously encounter things that function in wildly different ways than they are used to; they should not have to deal with things that may invalidate well-informed character construction choices made by the players'. Normally, when new things do get added to the game, it is because the players have requested a new spell or Feat from a book outside the Core books, and GM must approve it.

GM: ...Ablative Dispelling. It is a 3rd Level arcane buff that lasts 1/minute per caster level or until discharged, and simply absorbs the first targetted Dispel cast on the subject.
Omit: There is a spell like that already. It's in one of the newer books, but it is 4th level...
GM: Well I'm unaware of that spell. This one is fine at 3rd Level.
Verian: Specific to [Ed: the Level 3 version]Dispel, or does it work on Greater Dispel too?
GM: Either, just the first targetted casting it's like the Psionic Ablative Dispel Screen.
Omit: The 4th level version doesn't work on Greater Dispelling.
Verian: The Psionic power doesn't actually work like that. It just adds +5 to the difficulty of the rolls to Dispel your buffs, though it is always the last thing to be checked by any dispel.
GM: That thing is SO broken...
Verian: It's Level 6... Wait, can you stack this thing? [In other words, have multiple copies on you...]
GM: Yes, why not.
Omit: The real spell does not stack; or at least, if you had multiple copies running the first Dispel would trigger and discharge them all, so you would get no added benefit.
Verian: You can't make this thing stack! That would result in caster's who are totally immune to dispelling...
GM: [Ponders this a little] Alright, I will change it so that it does not stack. Does anyone have any major objection to this spell as it stands? I strongly believe that this spell is needed...

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