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How can Backlash cause a wound?

 
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MPT
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:27 am    Post subject: How can Backlash cause a wound? Reply with quote
Savage Worlds Deluxe page 103 states...

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If you roll a 1 on the Spellcasting die (irrespective of the Wild Die) you are Shaken, and this can cause a wound.


... but under what circumstances would a wound be caused? If you are Shaken then you can not cast the spell (as it is not a free action) to cause a Backlash and it is only when you have two Shaken results that a wound is caused.

The only circumstance I can think of is if you can cast two spells in the same action (which I don't think you can do) and the 2nd spell can be cast even if you are Shaken (another impossibility unless some Edge exists that allows this).
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:16 am    Post subject: Re: How can Backlash cause a wound? Reply with quote
MPT wrote:
Savage Worlds Deluxe page 103 states...

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If you roll a 1 on the Spellcasting die (irrespective of the Wild Die) you are Shaken, and this can cause a wound.


... but under what circumstances would a wound be caused? If you are Shaken then you can not cast the spell (as it is not a free action) to cause a Backlash and it is only when you have two Shaken results that a wound is caused.

The only circumstance I can think of is if you can cast two spells in the same action (which I don't think you can do)...


One power (in the core rulebook) can be cast multiple times as a single action; Bolt.

A mage could roll up to three Spellcasting dice (and one Wild Die) as a single action to cast three bolts. If more than one of the Spellcasting dice comes up a 1, the character would take damage from it.
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