From:	"Steven A. Tinner" <bluewizard@*****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Mundane Astral Perception (Attn. Steve Kenson,
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 1997 00:40:16 -0400

> Not in my opinion. :) He's still using the same senses to perceive,
thus
> he can shift his astral point of view however he likes...in the astral,
> IMO, you perceive with your aura. Unlike your eyes, your aura surrounds
> your entire being, it doesn't have a fixed field of vision. You can
shift
> your perception around from one part of the astral to another without
> moving your phsyical eyes, because you don't perceive with your eyes on
the
> astral (which is why a physically blind person is still allowed to
astrally
> perceive, if applicable).

I'm not sure where you get the notion that your astral LOS is movable.
Especially while simply astrally perceiving, if you could simply surround
yourself with your aura, then no one would ever have to make a perception
test in the astral, and you could never be snuck up on.
Not a rule I'm comfortable with personally.
For that matter, it would make astrally perc. mages immpossible to surprise
on the material plane!
Not good IMO.

Also, how would this little concept work when applied to a dual critter
like a ghoul?
Dual critters are ALWAYS astrally perc., do they have this special 360
perception then as well?
AFAIK an assensing mage is treated just like a dual critter, except even
more restricted, as he suffers a modifier for taking actions in the
material world as well as the astral.

I guess this kind of brings me full circle to a point in my FAB aregument
from a year ago on this list.
A wizards aura is NOT a malleable object, and CANNOT be shaped to fit the
circumstances.
AFAIK you cannot adjust your LOS to whereever you like, otherwise, mages
would always have LOS for casting spells, etc.

Maybe Steve Kenson can speak to this as well?