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From how far away can you hit someone with an evocation?

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exploding_brain:
Fists and melee weapons are limited to opponents in your zone.  Thrown weapons can go into the next zone.  Guns can go two zones, maybe three if it's a rifle.  It seems like most single target evocation attacks should be similar to thrown weapon range at least, if not handgun range, but I can't find any rules text that says for sure.

Assuming your standard evocation can attack opponents in an adjacent zone (like a thrown weapon), a follow up question would be; can you spend shifts to hit someone farther away (arcane snipe rifle)?  Can you get some small bonus to your evocation (probably not a full shift) if you limit it just you zone (arcane brass knuckles)?

Deadmanwalking:
I believe Evocation is line of sight, and thus as many zones range as that allows for.

exploding_brain:
Right, duh.  I read that like 50 times, but it never clicked that meant ignore zones, if you can see it, you can hit it.

Biff Dyskolos:

--- Quote from: Deadmanwalking on April 30, 2010, 04:43:21 AM ---I believe Evocation is line of sight, and thus as many zones range as that allows for.

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Do telescopes and lenses extend your line of sight? ;D

Sounds like a cheat. So I'd rule that you can't target a spell through lenses even if it is still line of sight. But then what about the poor Wizard who wears glasses?

Deadmanwalking:

--- Quote from: biff_dyskolos on April 30, 2010, 06:54:56 PM ---Do telescopes and lenses extend your line of sight? ;D

Sounds like a cheat. So I'd rule that you can't target a spell through lenses even if it is still line of sight. But then what about the poor Wizard who wears glasses?

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Sure, why not? Anything technological is a no (because of how magic interacts with that stuff), but a telescope should work fine. Hell, I can see a Wizard with a telescope as a Focus item and a specialty in sniping Red Court with lances of fire from a mile away. Think "Quigley Down Under" with magic.  :)

How and why would that concept need to be disallowed?

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