Solomoriah wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:00 pm No, harm always causes at least one point of damage.

How does that jibe with "if the victim has fewer hit points remaining than the number rolled, he or she will take at least one point of damage"?

I'm not sure what "conditions" you are imagining other than what the spell text actually says. I believe the (rephrased, but mathematically equivalent) statement "If the roll is over their current hp then they will take at least 1 hp of damage," suggests that there might be some condition (albeit a...

Got it now, thanks!

OK! But just to be sure: what I'm getting at is, is there a set of conditions that triggers the "or more" part? Can the victim take two, three, four points of damage within the context of this "if the victim has fewer hit points" rule, and if so, how? Or does the "or more" part just refer to those n...

Back at it, doing final corrections/comparisons. I got stumped by the Heal spell: "The reversed spell, harm, injures the creature touched so horribly that it is left with only 1d4 hit points. The caster must succeed at a normal attack roll in this case; failure means the spell is wasted. Note that, ...

No problem! And it still amazes me that probably the best retroclone out there is freely available for anyone to use in all kinds of ways.

OK! Take your time, as will I.

There should be stuff in the Dropbox folder.

Great, thanks again! I need to do one more pass on the text (God knows when I'll have the time, though) and take a look at the index, but I can PM you the current draft if you want to see what I've done with it (I managed to stick to the original layout apart from, obviously, spells and monsters; th...

Hi again! I now have a semi-decent draft of the whole text ready, but I have a few more questions: Page 56: "A successful hit inflicts 1d8 points of damage, and the victim becomes entangled, suffering an additional 1d8 points of damage thereafter ." Just to be sure: on the first round, the victim ta...