From: | Rick Jones <rick@******.COM> |
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Subject: | question about locked barriers |
Date: | Fri, 4 Oct 1996 10:15:37 -0500 (CDT) |
they tend to lock is Barrier or Mana Barrier. Now, I've ruled that
when they lock the Barrier, the shape is set. Assume they put it into
a dome around themselves.
| = A wall
M = mage
* = Barrier
Case 1: Mage is standing in a field, he activates the lock:
******
**** ****
** **
* M *
** **
**** ****
******
Obviously, not a problem.
Case 2: Mage is standing in an alley
| |
| |
| |
| M |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Does the lock "hug" the wall, like so
|***|
|* *|
|* *|
|*M*|
|* *|
|* *|
|***|
| |
And if he leaves the Alley, does it "balloon" out?
******
***** ******
|* *|
|*M*|
|* *|
|* *|
|***|
| |
And, what if it's a Mana Barrier, and he casts it in the Alley, does
it automatically flow through the walls (even though it wouldn't go
through a vehicle)?
******
***| |****
** | | **
* | M | *
** | | **
***| |****
******
And what happens if there's someone on the other side of the wall?
Or, what if he moves out of the alley, and there's a person at the
corner? Does it bound the person back?
And (this one a player asked me today), what if he casts a mana barrier,
walks past a porta-potty so that it's now inside the barrier, and the
guy inside opens the door?
--
Rick Jones "Kinda hard to tell the villains without a scorecard."
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