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Message no. 1
From: "Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.com>
Subject: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 13:53:51 -0500 (CDT)
Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?

In the example of using MBW 4 and all sorts of other toys to snipe the
mage and get a target number of 3 out of the whole deal:

What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
just me, or is this sick and wrong?


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Message no. 2
From: "Randy Nickel (General)" <a-randyn@*********.com>
Subject: RE: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:44:18 -0700
What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet
barrier
at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it

just me, or is this sick and wrong?

Despite the fact that I like the idea for powergaming we have made this
rule. All the barriers must be different.

You could have an Pers. Anti-Blast Barrier (6), then a Physical Barrier
(6) to get 12 points of protection vs say explosives, or a Pers Phys.
Barrier and then a Bullet Barrier further out to get extra bullet
protection.

Other wise it is very cheesey (I do not like the word munchkinism). It
is still a lot of cheese but at least more believable.

Randy
Message no. 3
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 14:05:32 -0600 (MDT)
Dr. Bolthy von Schotz wrote:
|
|What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
|at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
|increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
|just me, or is this sick and wrong?

Sounds sick to me :)

-David

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Message no. 4
From: Tom Pendergrast <pendergr@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:32:05 -0700 (PDT)
> Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?

> What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
> at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
> increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
> just me, or is this sick and wrong?

((We've considered that... but it seemed to be too unbalancing...))

--Tom---
Message no. 5
From: TopCat <topcat@******.net>
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 23:57:32 -0500
>Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?

Yep.

>In the example of using MBW 4 and all sorts of other toys to snipe the
>mage and get a target number of 3 out of the whole deal:
>
>What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
>at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
>increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
>just me, or is this sick and wrong?

I'd use a monofilament whip. You did say bullet barrier? If it's a normal
barrier, then I'd go with a bullet with anchored spell "not a bullet"
specifically made to not be detected as a bullet by bullet detecting spells.
Hideously munchkin and all, but this is a munchkin argument. So I'm off to
see the Wizard!

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Message no. 6
From: Peter David Boddy <pdboddy@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Sat, 11 May 96 1:39:32 EDT
Dr. Bolthy von Schotz writes:
>
>
> Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?
>
> In the example of using MBW 4 and all sorts of other toys to snipe the
> mage and get a target number of 3 out of the whole deal:
>
> What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
> at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
> increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
> just me, or is this sick and wrong?

This could work, IMHO. Just that while it might take a while to blast all
three barriers, you aren't casting anything either.

Pete

Pete aka Spitfire
Test your might...
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Carleton University
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Message no. 7
From: "Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.com>
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 04:49:40 -0500 (CDT)
On Fri, 10 May 1996, TopCat wrote:

> >Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?
>
> Yep.
>
> >In the example of using MBW 4 and all sorts of other toys to snipe the
> >mage and get a target number of 3 out of the whole deal:
> >
> >What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
> >at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
> >increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
> >just me, or is this sick and wrong?
>
> I'd use a monofilament whip. You did say bullet barrier? If it's a normal
> barrier, then I'd go with a bullet with anchored spell "not a bullet"
> specifically made to not be detected as a bullet by bullet detecting spells.
> Hideously munchkin and all, but this is a munchkin argument. So I'm off to
> see the Wizard!
>

"not a bullet"... I like that... =)

"We're not ninjas. We're a hedge."

Speaking of which, why not whip out ye ole stun baton on the mage? =)



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Message no. 8
From: "Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.com>
Subject: Re: Mage vs. Street Sammie: Because I'm not spamming you enough
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 05:00:59 -0500 (CDT)
On Sat, 11 May 1996, Peter David Boddy wrote:

> Dr. Bolthy von Schotz writes:
> >
> >
> > Has anyone considered the possibility of layering barrier spells?
> >
> > In the example of using MBW 4 and all sorts of other toys to snipe the
> > mage and get a target number of 3 out of the whole deal:
> >
> > What if a mage were to have say... three spell locks with bullet barrier
> > at a pretty decent force... except that the area of effect was
> > increasingly larger... say two, three, and four meters for each. Is it
> > just me, or is this sick and wrong?
>
> This could work, IMHO. Just that while it might take a while to blast all
> three barriers, you aren't casting anything either.
>

Why wouldn't you be casting anything?



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