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Tush Hog:
First off, thanks to everyone who takes the time to answer my questions. This will be my first time playing Fate and your guidance has been very helpful   :)

Now for my next question  ;D

During White Night, Harry throws up a wall of fire with some earth magic. How would you handle that type of spell? Is it a straight up evocation attack, a block, a block that creates a border, or a maneuver?

SoulCatcher78:
I'd go with a block rather than an attack.  The damage that anything moving through the wall of fire takes is circumstantial (like being on fire after getting hit with a fuego burst.  Rating the amount of damage (imo) would be best calculated by using the conviction level used to create the spell.

paul_Harkonen:
It seems more like a maneuver to me.  It applies the temporary aspect "WALL OF FIRE" to the zone, probably acting as a border that instead of requiring shifts to bypass deals shifts of damage based on additional shifts put into it.  You could also do it as a zone attack with a duration.

An example:
Firewall
Fire Attack:  2 shifts of power to make it a zone,  2 shifts of power for stress, 2 shifts of power for duration

Wall of Fire
Fire Maneuver:  3 shifts of power to apply the aspect (Wall of Fire),  2 shifts to make is a border?

Just two thoughts.  I don't really think it's a block though.

Biff Dyskolos:
I vote for increasing the Border value between two zones.

Victim:

--- Quote from: biff_dyskolos on April 27, 2010, 02:20:15 AM ---I vote for increasing the Border value between two zones.

--- End quote ---
Me too. 

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