Does a spellcaster take backlash damage if he disconnects while casting a spell?
An answer has not been decided upon by the list. One opinion is that a spellcaster doesn’t take any backlash damage because the disconnection cuts off the magical energies to the spellcaster before he fries his brain. Another opinion is that the backlash occurs first and then the spellcaster is disconnected. Yet another opinion is that the backlash energies will ‘wait’ for the spellcaster to reconnect and will then flow in and fly his brain. Of course, if the spellcaster disconnects but still would have overcome the backlash value (a mondo spellcaster and/or a wimpy spell) then there’s no problem…. WEG’s answer on the subject was that spellcasters will always take backlash damage from failed spells but this was just based on the backlash rules in the Aysle sourcebook without apparently taking into consideration the disconnection.
