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Message no. 1
From: Jan-bart van Beek <flake@***.NL>
Subject: Wards and Foci
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 15:44:42 +0100
When a physically present mage walks through a ward wearing ative foci,
the following happens.

The ward gets to do one attack against it, if this results in a D damage,
the focus suffers from overload and is rendered useless. Blown up.

You can see this happen on the primary plane.
It needs a percaeption test versus the difference in rating of the ward
and the focus. (min. of 2)

It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.

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Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Wards and Foci
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:07:57 +0100
>It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.

Just as long as you take my copy back with you :)


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The story you have just heard is true.
The names have not been changed to protect the guilty.
Geek Code v2.1: GS/AT/! -d+ H s:- !g p?(3) !au a>? w+(+++) v*(---) C+(++) U
P? !L !3 E? N++ K- W+ -po+(po) Y+ t(+) 5 !j R+(++)>+++$ tv+(++) b+@ D+(++)
B? e+ u+@ h! f--(?) !r(--)(*) n---->!n y?
Message no. 3
From: Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Wards and Foci
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 21:42:44 +1000
Jan-bart van Beek writes:

> The ward gets to do one attack against it, if this results in a D damage,
> the focus suffers from overload and is rendered useless. Blown up.

Yep, which means you need a rating 6 (at least) ward to actually destroy
foci. Now how do you run it if the focus isn't destroyed? Does the mnagician
and his foci get to pass through, or are they blocked from proceeding?

> It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.

Hunh? What is this publication and where is it located?

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au

(GEEK CODE 2.1) GE -d+@ H s++:-- !g p0 !au a18 w+ v(?) C++ US++>+++ P+ L !3
E? N K- W M@ !V po@ Y+ t+ 5 !j R+(++) G(+)('''') !tv(--@)
b++ D B? e+ u@ h* f+ !r n----(--)@ !y+
Message no. 4
From: Andrew <wadycki@***.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Wards and Foci
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 08:46:43 -0600
On Fri, 10 Mar 1995, Damion Milliken wrote:

> Jan-bart van Beek writes:
>
> Yep, which means you need a rating 6 (at least) ward to actually destroy
> foci. Now how do you run it if the focus isn't destroyed? Does the mnagician
> and his foci get to pass through, or are they blocked from proceeding?

Then they are fine, no damage (remember damage to items and wards
disappears after the attack is not continued) and you just go on your
way. There is a spark or two prehaps, and maybe a moment of pause, I
would say the Mage knows he walked into something.

> > It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.
>
> Hunh? What is this publication and where is it located?

This is a FASA product that some of use have as a beta-test. There was a
playtesting period, that is now over. The product will be out in a
couple of months.

-Andrew
Message no. 5
From: Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Wards and Foci
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 01:32:22 +1000
Andrew writes:

> > Yep, which means you need a rating 6 (at least) ward to actually destroy
> > foci. Now how do you run it if the focus isn't destroyed? Does the mnagician
> > and his foci get to pass through, or are they blocked from proceeding?
>
> Then they are fine, no damage (remember damage to items and wards
> disappears after the attack is not continued) and you just go on your
> way. There is a spark or two prehaps, and maybe a moment of pause, I
> would say the Mage knows he walked into something.

This somewaht disagrees with the description of wards in the Grimything. It
says that the ward blocks the movement of any dual natured thing (and foci
are dual natured). Would not one of the things have to "give" before the
magician could pass through? Either the ward is destroyed and the foci pass
through, or the foci need to be turned off (or destroyed) so that the
magician can pass through.

> > > It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.
> >
> > Hunh? What is this publication and where is it located?
>
> This is a FASA product that some of use have as a beta-test. There was a
> playtesting period, that is now over. The product will be out in a
> couple of months.

Cool. Just how did you manage to get that job? (Sounds pretty excellent to
me! :-))

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au

(GEEK CODE 2.1) GE -d+@ H s++:-- !g p0 !au a18 w+ v(?) C++ US++>+++ P+ L !3
E? N K- W M@ !V po@ Y+ t+ 5 !j R+(++) G(+)('''') !tv(--@)
b++ D B? e+ u@ h* f+ !r n----(--)@ !y+
Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Wards and Foci
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 12:19:30 +0100
>> It's all in the bootlegged 'Guide to Magic'.
>
>Hunh? What is this publication and where is it located?

It's the Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Magic, or, as it also calls itself, the
Neo-Anarchists' Guide to the Awakened (phew!). FASA put a playtest version
on AOL and/or Genie, and some of us not on those managed to obtain a copy of
it :)


Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
The story you have just heard is true.
The names have not been changed to protect the guilty.
Geek Code v2.1: GS/AT/! -d+ H s:- !g p?(3) !au a>? w+(+++) v*(---) C+(++) U
P? !L !3 E? N++ K- W+ -po+(po) Y+ t(+) 5 !j R+(++)>+++$ tv+(++) b+@ D+(++)
B? e+ u+@ h! f--(?) !r(--)(*) n---->!n y?

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