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Message no. 1
From: Christopher Bellovary <bellovar@***.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mages and cybereyes...
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 12:37:29 CDT
> The Combat Mage. Lowlight does not neccesarily have to involve a processor.
> The image is not broken down into data, it just pulls in as much light as
> possible and amplifies it, like a series of magnifying glasses (that last
> bit's not a literal interpretaion, just an example). Thermographics work
> similarly; they may not be natural but they're still sending the same message
> to the mage's mind; they're just looking at a different spectrum. In either
> case the result is the same: the image is not a picture, but an enhanced
> version of the actual image.

> TTFN
> J Roberson

You missed the point. The combat mage has CYBEREYES - no longer his organic
ones. Everything he sees comes through a processed image. We aren't talking
retinal enhancements here, he has replaced his entire eye, yet he can still
cast spells. As I see it, FASA already answer the question right there.

-- CrossFire --
Chris Bellovary

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