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From:	Strago strago@***.com
Subject:	Anchoring spells and timing
Date:	Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:17:18 -0500

Message no. 1 When does an anchored spell with a linked detection spell go off in a
combat situation? Here's the example I thought of.
Say Rikki Ratboy (because he's FASA's favorite magic user) anchors a
barrier spell on an anchoring focus. He then links a detection spell
so that when a gun is fired, the barrier spell goes off.
So he gets into combat. The first guy to go is at Initiative 37, while
Rikki has Initiative 7. At 37, the guy shoots at Rikki. Does the
barrier come up immediately, or at 7 when Rikki goes? Or is it
somewhere in between?

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From:	Archimage4@*.com Archimage4@*.com
Subject:	Anchoring spells and timing
Date:	Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:58:17 EST

Message no. 2 Strago spake thusly:

>When does an anchored spell with a linked detection spell go off in a
>combat situation? Here's the example I thought of.
>Say Rikki Ratboy (because he's FASA's favorite magic user) anchors a
>barrier spell on an anchoring focus. He then links a detection spell
>so that when a gun is fired, the barrier spell goes off.
>So he gets into combat. The first guy to go is at Initiative 37, while
>Rikki has Initiative 7. At 37, the guy shoots at Rikki. Does the
>barrier come up immediately, or at 7 when Rikki goes? Or is it
>somewhere in between?

I think it triggers at 37. Once anchored, the spell acts independent from
the magician who originally cast it. The trigger is set to go off when a gun
is fired. A gun is fired at 37, spell goes off at 37. Simple, right?

Of course, that's just MHO.

-- The Archimage

From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	Anchoring spells and timing
Date:	Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:10:19 +0100

Message no. 3 According to Strago, at 0:17 on 16 Mar 00, the word on the street was...

> When does an anchored spell with a linked detection spell go off in a
> combat situation? Here's the example I thought of.
> Say Rikki Ratboy (because he's FASA's favorite magic user) anchors a
> barrier spell on an anchoring focus. He then links a detection spell
> so that when a gun is fired, the barrier spell goes off.
> So he gets into combat. The first guy to go is at Initiative 37, while
> Rikki has Initiative 7. At 37, the guy shoots at Rikki. Does the
> barrier come up immediately, or at 7 when Rikki goes? Or is it
> somewhere in between?

It would go off at 37, because that's when the bullet comes in. Rikki
could override it if he were holding the focus at the time, but that's it.

(BTW, you could make it delayed by using the rules from the Grimoire, so
that, even though the bullet is detected on combat phase 37, the barrier
only goes up on, say, 17.)

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