Dispel vs Transform

[bigdamnhero]

Happy 2017, Steve!

 

I'm scratching my head wondering how Dispel should work against a Transform that has affected a target multiple times?

 

Ie - Say a character has a classic Turn People Into Frogs spell, defined as Severe Transform 3d6 [30AP].

 

Target A has been hit with the Transform once, for 11 points worth of effect: that's not twice his BODY so he's not transformed, but maybe he's starting to look a little green. A friend hits him with a Dispel Magic spell, which presumably just needs to exceed the 30 AP in the spell.

 

Target B has been hit with the same Transform spell 3 times for a total of 31 points of effect: that does exceed twice his BODY, so he's now a frog. In order to counter the transformation, does the Dispel only need to exceed the 30 AP in the Transform, as above? Or do the 31 points of cumulative "damage" come into play, and if so how? Or do you need 3 Dispels, one against each of the 3 Transforms the target was hit with? Or 1 Dispel vs. 90 AP? Or something else? If the Dispel is cumulative in some way, does the target turn back into a human as soon as enough damage has been countered to drop him below 2xBODY? Or only when it's fully Dispelled back to 0 effect?

 

Lastly, does it make a difference if "Dispel Magic" is specifically listed as one of the Healing methods for the Transform or not?

 

Edit: If the Transform spell has the Partial Transform Advantage, does that change anything? (Besides the AP totals involved.)

 

Thanks!

[Steve Long]

Happy 2017 yourself!

 

First, just so no one's confused:  Severe Transform is 15 points per 1d6, so your example is a 45-point power. That doesn't change the answer, of course.

 

Dispel works against Transform like it does against any other power:  the total on the Dispel dice has to exceed the Active Points in the targeted power. The effect roll for the power itself isn’t relevant, even in the case of Partial Transform (unless, of course, the GM wants to change the rules for his campaign).

 

In a situation where a character has been hit with Transform multiple times, each use of Transform is a separate “power” and must be Dispelled separately (again, unless the GM prefers otherwise). If the Transform has already taken effect (i.e., the target has taken enough BODY “damage” from the two or more effect rolls to equal or exceed twice his BODY), it does not cease to affect that character until all “parts” of it have been Dispelled — Dispelling just one of the effect rolls won’t undo the Transform, you have to Dispel all of them.

 

If “using Dispel Magic” is a healing condition of the Transform, then a successful Attack Roll with Dispel Magic immediately undoes the Transform — you don’t even need to roll the Dispel dice. (Before someone asks:  changing the healing condition to “a successful effect roll with Dispel Magic” is not a legitimate healing condition for a magic Transform — by definition a successful Dispel Magic against a magic Transform always works. That might be a valid healing condition against a non-magic Transform if the GM approved of it, but even that strikes me as highly dubious.)