[Cerek the Barbaric]

I would like to hear the opinions of some of our PnP DM's on a dispute I had in a game.

As I've mentioned in other threads, Cerek was a 1st Edition barbarian. He never liked mages and he eventually recieved Magic Resistance from a non-standard artifact.

The specifics of his Magic Resistance were:
99% Magic Resistance - UNaffected by caster's level.
Total immunity to ANY spell under 7th level.

Then, 2nd Edition came out with a new spell call Lower Magic Resistance, which was 6th Level and had NO SAVE. It automatically lowered MR by a percentage amount.

In a different game, the same DM that gave me the MR tried to hit Cerek with this spell.

I said it wouldn't work because I had MR granted by an artifact and this was just an ordinary spell. He said that, since the spell was specifically designed to lower MR, it didn't matter HOW I got it.(In our group, Artifact and Relic powers would work, even under the effects of an Anti-Magic Shell).

I then pointed out that I was immune to ANY spell lower than 7th level, so it would still fizzle, but he disagreed.

So...I want your honost opinion as a DM...who was right?

[ 03-29-2002, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Cerek the Barbaric ]