From:	Philip Smith phil_urbanhell@*******.com
Subject:	Tech and the Astral
Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:09:20 +0100

on 21/6/00 4:35 am, Rand Ratinac at docwagon101@*****.com wrote:

> One of my players is trying to confuse me. His mage is
> currently astral and an announcement has just gone
> over the ship's loudspeakers. (Oh, guys, remember how
> I was suggesting you could screw with players in a
> pirates campaign by sticking them on a boat/submarine
> with a vampire? Well, the vampire's still at large and
> they're in the process of being intercepted by a
> well-armed Azzie corvette...;) )
>
> Now, I thought he could hear the announcement, but he
> says he doesn't think you can hear technological
> devices (i.e. the loudspeaker) from the astral.
>
> I don't have my books to check, so...who's right?

IIRC You have to manifest from the astral to hear anything going on around
you, read anything, have a look at any cloudy non-astral objects or whatever
but my books are all the way across the room and I'm not bothering to check.

Phil