Message no. 1

From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Astral... (was Re: Centering vs Penalties (was Re: [SR3]
Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 1997 08:40:55 -0700

> |This has a dangerous conclusion: The mage does .not. have to synch
> |auras in 'ball spells, he just points and shoots. He should, then, be
> |able to 'ball people in range of the spell but not visible to him
> |visually or Astrally; the equivalent of tossing a grenade. Obviously,
> |he has to intuit that a person is there....

> I'm afraid you're wrong there....
> Ball spells only EVER hit people in line of sight.
> If someone is in the centre of the effect, but totally hidden behind a
> pillar, he escapes the effect....
> ALL victims of combat spells MUST be in LOS, period.

Read the conclusions that I was drawing on, Spike, before dissenting.
If synching is not a part of area-effect spells, then every valid target
within the area gets spelled. The caster would have to see the center
of the spell radius, yes. The spell travels to that location and
explodes outward; anyone within its area is then within LOS... of the
spell.

Off-thread: Via Masking, you can change the perception of your Aura.
Shouldn't this, then, add to the difficulty of someone trying to
manabolt you? (They see an Aura, but it's not your true Aura.)