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Message no. 1
From: willemj <willemj@******.NL>
Subject: Levitate and Physical adept
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 15:49:48 +0200
>[lots of stuff about unbalancing spells (24D damage for
what drain?)]

>As for the clothing, it wouldn't get to resist. Nor would
>the person in it.

-IMHO a persons aura extends through his clothing. This
would make it possible for the person to resist, besides
about this entire Levitate thing, as it sais in The
Grimoire : RSpellcasting should be an artistic task, not an
exercise in mathematical precision to allowa mage to get a
nuclear tactical whammy for 3L drainS or something like
that. I suggest that Levitate may only be cast on willing
targets, to prevent a party of super powerful mages going
around levitating everything they see.

Now for something completly different
On the subject of physical adepts, the guy in our party how
enjoys playing the strong menacing psycho, didnUt take a
street samurai, but a troll physical adept! He is capeable
of delivering 9D damage WITH HIS BARE HANDS! There is no
cyberware IN THE WORLD, that will let you do that. At first
I even thought about finetuning the power of a pyshical
adept, and when I heard some of you thought they where
weaklings, I thought you guys where CRAZY.

Greetings...
Eric van den Berg
willemj@******.nl
Amsterdam
Stupid Quote : RThe earth can feed and accomadate 40 billion
peopleS Taken from UN world population conference, said by
some group of Christian fanatics
Message no. 2
From: MILLIKEN DAMION A <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Levitate and Physical adept
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 12:08:17 +1000
Eric writes:

> >[lots of stuff about unbalancing spells (24D damage for
> what drain?)]
>
> >As for the clothing, it wouldn't get to resist. Nor would
> >the person in it.
>
> -IMHO a persons aura extends through his clothing. This
> would make it possible for the person to resist,

Well, if I fireball somebody, their clothing gets to resist separately (as
does their ammo :-)), so this would indicate that you are wrong.

> besides about this entire Levitate thing, as it sais in The
> Grimoire : RSpellcasting should be an artistic task, not an
> exercise in mathematical precision to allowa mage to get a
> nuclear tactical whammy for 3L drainS or something like
> that. I suggest that Levitate may only be cast on willing
> targets, to prevent a party of super powerful mages going
> around levitating everything they see.

Actually, I disagree. This is what being a mage is. Being a shaman on the
other hand...

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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