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Message no. 1
From: Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU>
Subject: Destroying Wards and Circles?
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 23:54:12 +1100
Any ideas on the nature of a Hermetic Circle, and of a Ward?

In particular, how can an unfriendly mage knock down either?
(Apart from the Initiate dispell magic ability.)

And what about mundanes?

Can a mundane destroy a Hermetic Circle by making a break in
the magic symbols inscribed in the floor?

What about for a Ward? Come to think of it, does anyone have
an idea whether Wards have any physical component that's still
visible after it's erected? (Since the ability to astrally
project is a prerequisite for making a Ward, it seems that the
ward is constructed, at least in part, by the mage in astral
space.)

(In our old Runequest II game, wards were set up between special
enchanted `ward sticks'. If someone could penetrate and knock
down a stick, the ward collapsed (retreated?) back between the
remaining ones. But none of us have a clue what Wards are like
in SR... Despite the fact that we've been playing it for years,
now.)

luke
Message no. 2
From: "David R. Henry" <dhenry@******.NODAK.EDU>
Subject: Re: Destroying Wards and Circles?
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:17:00 -0600
> Any ideas on the nature of a Hermetic Circle, and of a Ward?
> In particular, how can an unfriendly mage knock down either?
> (Apart from the Initiate dispell magic ability.)

Astral combat.

> And what about mundanes?

Mundanes aren't affected by a hermetic circle to begin with, so
they really have nothing to worry about. :-). If you want to send
in some mundanes to clear the way for the magicians, then it's
up to how the GM describes the ward. For instance:

> Can a mundane destroy a Hermetic Circle by making a break in
> the magic symbols inscribed in the floor?

I'd rule yes. The easier way (and closer to the rules) is to
incapacitate the mage.

drh

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