Strength drain

[Thanee]

Hey, it's not my fault, that it doesn't say what it means.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Hypersmurf]

... that it doesn't say what it means.

Sheer conjecture.

-Hyp.

 

[Goblyn]

It's not what it says

-Hyp.

So, are you arguing that the 10 Str dude RoE for a -9 penalty then drained a single point is toast? Or just positing reasonable doubt?

 

[Hypersmurf]

So, are you arguing that the 10 Str dude RoE for a -9 penalty then drained a single point is toast? Or just positing reasonable doubt?

Hmm? No, I'm saying exactly what Bauglir noted above.

The 10 Str dude RoE for a -9 penalty is 'the subject' of the Ray of Enfeeblement spell.

According to the text of the spell, one of the effects the spell has is that "The subject’s Strength score cannot drop below 1."

10 - 9 is 1. When the shadow attempts to drain him a single point, that would drop his Str score to zero - below 1 - but since he is 'the subject', and "the subject’s Strength score cannot drop below 1", his Str remains at 1.

A dozen shadows can all drain Strength from him, and as long as the duration of the RoE is in effect (and he is thus the subject of an RoE spell), his Strength score cannot drop below 1.

-Hyp.

 

[TheEvil]

Not to be a wiseass, but do you actually play it that way?

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Not to be a wiseass, but do you actually play it that way?

Not to be a wiseass, but does it matter?

 

[TheEvil]

To be a wiseass, yes and no.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Not to be a wiseass, but do you actually play it that way?

Neither of our arcanists have Ray of Enfeeblement, so I don't currently play it any way at all...

-Hyp.