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<blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 370628" data-attributes="member: 1308">I just thank the gods that there was never a Magic: the Gathering d20. Channel/Fireball would kill many a campaign. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />[Edit] Might as well clarify that. As explained above, you can spend X points of mana in a Fireball spell to do X damage. Channel was a spell that converts your own health into mana points. Thus, by the second round of the game, you probably have two natural mana sources, plus a creature that grants you one mana (like Llanowar Elves). Each player has 20 life.So, you blow two mana casting Channel and Fireball, use Channel to convert 19 of your life into mana, and the final mana from your critter gives you a 20-point Fireball. Thus, your opponent is dead.In the second round.Luckily, I think it's not possible under current tournament rules. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />As for the vote, gotta go with Lightning Bolt. I prefer to pick and choose my targets, rather than crisping innocent bystanders or my fellow fighter. Because he has that big sword. And if he lives, he'll be mad. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Of course, I always prefer the Sniper Rifle to the Rocket Launcher in FPS games as well...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kesh, post: 370628, member: 1308"] I just thank the gods that there was never a [i]Magic: the Gathering d20[/i]. Channel/Fireball would kill many a campaign. :D [Edit] Might as well clarify that. As explained above, you can spend X points of mana in a Fireball spell to do X damage. Channel was a spell that converts your own health into mana points. Thus, by the second round of the game, you probably have two natural mana sources, plus a creature that grants you one mana (like Llanowar Elves). Each player has 20 life. So, you blow two mana casting Channel and Fireball, use Channel to convert 19 of your life into mana, and the final mana from your critter gives you a 20-point Fireball. Thus, your opponent is dead. In the second round. Luckily, I think it's not possible under current tournament rules. :D As for the vote, gotta go with Lightning Bolt. I prefer to pick and choose my targets, rather than crisping innocent bystanders or my fellow fighter. Because he has that big sword. And if he lives, he'll be mad. ;) Of course, I always prefer the Sniper Rifle to the Rocket Launcher in FPS games as well... [/QUOTE]

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