Suppress in Fantasy Hero

[Yar]

A mage has a multipower with a fire-based Energy Blast and a cold-based EB. She attacks with the Firebolt, and the surviving enemy mage retaliates with a Suppress. Is the Frostbolt affected?

 

On the one hand her arguement is that they are separate "powers" and the enemy doesn't even know that the Frostbolt exists. The enemy must make an INT, PER or PS roll to identify the Firebolt, then an attack roll to hit with the Suppress - which then affects *only* the Firebolt.

 

On the other, the Suppress does *not* have the "only one type of SFX" limitation. As written, the Suppress appears to affect all spells based on "Energy Blast" regardless of special effect or caster's knowledge of their existance.

 

What happens?

[Steve Long]

Re: Suppress in Fantasy Hero

 

That depends on how the Suppress is defined. If it's Suppress Magic, any one spell at a time, the attacker has to choose which spell to Suppress. If it's Suppress Magic, any two powers simultaneously, the attacker could Suppress both spells at once. In your example, a Suppress Energy Blast would work the same way -- it's a question of how the Suppress is built. And all that's assuming it's not more restricted, such as Suppress Fire Magic.