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Message no. 1
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 08:12:54 -0600 (MDT)
Robert Watkins wrote:
|
|Okay, if an Astral mage can hold up a FAB-lined net, where does it end?
|What if I've got that FAB-lined net wrapped around, oh, 10 tonnes or so
|of solid lead mass? Can the mage still hold it up? Is there an upper
|limit? If so, what is it? Why does it give in?
|
|Hey, I'm serious... it's that quote I gave about the blue whale that
|brought it to mind. (Hmm... maybe I should try a
|genetically-reconstructed brontosaurus...)

Hmmm. Treat the mage's form as if it has a resisting
"strength" equal to his Willpower? If a mage has a
Willpower of 6 then his form can resist a weight equal to
the maximum weight a character with a Strength of 6 could
lift.

Now the fun question. What happens if a weight (or force)
exceeds the amount that his form can resist?

-David

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Message no. 2
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:36:13 -0700
David Buehrer wrote:
<SNIP>
> Hmmm. Treat the mage's form as if it has a resisting
> "strength" equal to his Willpower? If a mage has a
> Willpower of 6 then his form can resist a weight equal to
> the maximum weight a character with a Strength of 6 could
> lift.
>
> Now the fun question. What happens if a weight (or force)
> exceeds the amount that his form can resist?
>
> -David

Actually, isn't astral strength equal to charisma?


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Message no. 3
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 07:49:42 -0600 (MDT)
Loki wrote:
|
|David Buehrer wrote:
|<SNIP>
|> Hmmm. Treat the mage's form as if it has a resisting
|> "strength" equal to his Willpower? If a mage has a
|> Willpower of 6 then his form can resist a weight equal to
|> the maximum weight a character with a Strength of 6 could
|> lift.
|>
|> Now the fun question. What happens if a weight (or force)
|> exceeds the amount that his form can resist?
|>
|> -David
|
|Actually, isn't astral strength equal to charisma?

I was thinking that a mage's astral integrity/cohesion
should be tied to his willpower. The stronger his
willpower the more weight his astral form can support
before it colapses.

I.e., the mage isn't trying to lift the net so I don't
think he should use his "charisma" strength, but should use
his "willpower" body (?) to support the net.

-David

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Message no. 4
From: Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.net.au>
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 96 17:19:27 +1100
David writes:
>I was thinking that a mage's astral integrity/cohesion
>should be tied to his willpower. The stronger his
>willpower the more weight his astral form can support
>before it colapses.

Hmm... integrity/cohesion sure sounds like Body to me. What's Astral
body, again? Ah, it's Willpower. :)

Guess FASA agrees with you about that at least, David. :)


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Message no. 5
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 10:06:30 -0600 (MDT)
Robert Watkins wrote:
|
|David writes:
|>I was thinking that a mage's astral integrity/cohesion
|>should be tied to his willpower. The stronger his
|>willpower the more weight his astral form can support
|>before it colapses.
|
|Hmm... integrity/cohesion sure sounds like Body to me. What's Astral
|body, again? Ah, it's Willpower. :)
|
|Guess FASA agrees with you about that at least, David. :)

How in the hell did that happen? :)

-David

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Message no. 6
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:38:51 +0100
David Buehrer said on 10:06/15 Sep 96...

> |Guess FASA agrees with you about that at least, David. :)
>
> How in the hell did that happen? :)

Mayb this is the only rule you didn't think up at least one experimental
house rule for? :)

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Message no. 7
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: Astral = Intergral
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:03:20 -0500 (EST)
>David Buehrer said on 10:06/15 Sep 96...
>
>> |Guess FASA agrees with you about that at least, David. :)
>>
>> How in the hell did that happen? :)
>
>Mayb this is the only rule you didn't think up at least one experimental
>house rule for? :)
>
>
Besides, no matter how hard FASA tries, with as many players and slight
variations everyone uses, they can't quite contradict EVERYONE....:)

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