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Message no. 1
From: allura@***********.org (Allura nee Gwendolyn nee Veren)
Subject: Astral barriers was RE: The astral
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:56:22 -0500
While I was poking at the sections on the astral plane, I re-read the stuff
on wards. First of all, I hadn't realized you just need to be able to
*perceive* to create a ward, not project. And, it doesn't cost anything.
Needless to say, I just sent an IM off to the GM that my main char has a
masked ward on her apartment...Anyway, I had utterly missed the section
where you can "sync" your aura to a barrier if you have the masking power.
My question: If you sync your aura to pass a barrier, do you automatically
sync any foci you're carrying? Or do they have to make separate tests? I'm
leaning towards it being automatic b/c you've spent karma to "bind" the foci
to your aura, but wanted to hear other opinions (or a page reference <g>).

Joanna
Message no. 2
From: maxnoel_fr@*****.fr (Max Noel)
Subject: Astral barriers was RE: The astral
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:35:09 +0000
On Jan 20, 2005, at 01:56, Allura nee Gwendolyn nee Veren wrote:
>
> My question: If you sync your aura to pass a barrier, do you
> automatically
> sync any foci you're carrying? Or do they have to make separate
> tests? I'm
> leaning towards it being automatic b/c you've spent karma to "bind"
> the foci
> to your aura, but wanted to hear other opinions (or a page reference
> <g>).
>
> Joanna

I'm not absolutely sure given that my books stayed in France and I
rarely play magic-oriented characters, but I seem to recall that active
foci increase the target number, but that if you succeed, their aura
syncs as well.
Worst-case scenario, you can still deactivate them while you pass
through the ward (I'm mostly thinking of physically passing through a
ward with active spells and/or foci there -- not too sure about what
happens when you deactivate a focus while you're astrally projecting).

-- Wild_Cat
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"Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting
and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a
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Message no. 3
From: allura@***********.org (Joanna Hurley)
Subject: Astral barriers was RE: The astral
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:04:15 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shadowrn-bounces@*****.dumpshock.com
> [mailto:shadowrn-bounces@*****.dumpshock.com] On Behalf Of Max Noel

> On Jan 20, 2005, at 01:56, Allura nee Gwendolyn nee Veren wrote:
> >
> > My question: If you sync your aura to pass a barrier, do you
> > automatically sync any foci you're carrying? Or do they
> have to make
> > separate tests? I'm leaning towards it being automatic b/c you've
> > spent karma to "bind"
> > the foci
> > to your aura, but wanted to hear other opinions (or a page
> reference
> > <g>).

> Worst-case scenario, you can still deactivate them
> while you pass through the ward (I'm mostly thinking of
> physically passing through a ward with active spells and/or
> foci there -- not too sure about what happens when you
> deactivate a focus while you're astrally projecting).

I know you CAN deactivate the foci; it's what I've been doing, actually.
The problem is that deactivating is only a free action, but activating is a
simple action. Plus, if it's a sustaining focus (which is the specific
example I'm thinking of), you lose the spell. I need to poke at the books
some more; I didn't find it on my last pass, but that doesn't mean it's not
there!

Joanna

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