runekyndig says:
Qralloq says:
OOC:
Transmuting gunpowder to sand is Vulgar. However, there are no witnesses (inside the bullets where) to observe the change. As such, it is Vulgar without Witnesses, so the DC is highest sphere+4. One success? Does that mean one bullet? The bullet from one gun? More? Let's find out together!
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OOC:
I'll just do the math, since its the first time it really matters ;)
Vulgar Without Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 4
DC = 6
Has one success (with an 8)
One success Marginal (finding a helpful TV Tropes entry)
The goal was to change all the bullets in a radius, with a marginal success, I would say that it's one or two of the closest gunmen's bullets that have been disabled. The magic had an effect, but not the desired effect.
Right. One success. Your stated goal of transmuting all of their bullets (of which there could easily be several hundred) doesn't mean that one success achieves your goal in entirety. After all you could have started all of the bullets in Las Vegas, or the building.
What wasn't clear to me was how much of your goal one success gets you. Was it enough to transmute all of the gunpowder in the universe to sand, or just one bullet? My cagey response was that you don't know how successful it was, which is Storyteller speak for "Let's move on, I'll look it up and make a determination later."
Now looking it up, there are no guidelines. Does the matter have to be connected? What mass is affected? Did you have to see, or touch, the material? This type of transmutation clearly falls within the scope of what you want to do, but how many, and which bullets are affected appears to be left to discretion.
Ruling: The police, should they fire, will have a misfire chance, which will represent a partial success.
Is that fair?