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From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Watchers, watchers, and more damned watchers. Could there _be_ anything more
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 96 22:43:01 EDT
Jaimie Nicholson writes:
> *grin back* Well, there are two schools of thought on that one. It makes
> sense that light has to bounce off of something for it to be seen, so they
> are affecting light phyiscally, but is that enough? As shown by mirages and
> heat hazes, you don't have to have much mass to affect light. In terms of
> physical presence, maybe manifested watchers could be compared to a puff of
> warm air.

Mirages are caused by differing air densities and the refraction
(please, oh please, let that be the correct term) of light.


> Speaking of manifested watchers, could you ground an area-affect spell
[...]
> technique, and this could be an absolute killer of parties without a mage
> who can go astral and defend against this sort of drek.

That would be one hell of an attack. It sounds like a good idea.


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