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Message no. 1
From: Barbie LeVile barbie@********.de
Subject: Masking question
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:32:27 +0200
following sit:

A mage projects and leaves as usual her body behind with foci and stuff.
Does the masking she keeps goes with the projection? Very likly.
Does it stays with the body? hmm, maybe
or does it split between them? very unlikely IMO


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Message no. 2
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Masking question
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:17:15 +0200
According to Barbie LeVile, at 9:32 on 22 Sep 99, the word on
the street was...

> A mage projects and leaves as usual her body behind with foci and stuff.
> Does the masking she keeps goes with the projection? Very likly.
> Does it stays with the body? hmm, maybe
> or does it split between them? very unlikely IMO

It stays with the aura that leaves the body; both the Grimoire and MITS
mention auras of astrally projecting characters can be masked, but warn
against masking them as mundane auras, for obvious reasons.

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Message no. 3
From: Jamz JamzTheMan@****.com
Subject: Masking question
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 05:46:54 -0600
> According to Barbie LeVile, at 9:32 on 22 Sep 99, the word on
> the street was...
>
> > A mage projects and leaves as usual her body behind with foci and stuff.
> > Does the masking she keeps goes with the projection? Very likly.
> > Does it stays with the body? hmm, maybe
> > or does it split between them? very unlikely IMO
>
> It stays with the aura that leaves the body; both the Grimoire and MITS
> mention auras of astrally projecting characters can be masked, but warn
> against masking them as mundane auras, for obvious reasons.

This brought a thought to mind although it's never came up. The Body has
no aura when the mage is projecting so I would assume anyone seeing it
Astrally would see it as a dead body? Or would they see the connection
between it and the astral protecting aura?
Also, if the Aura is gone, would this not make it impossible to cast
spells on said body (except for Manipulation of course)? (at least your bod
would be safe when the manaballs start to fly eh?) OR would powerballs and
such still affect it as it would a wall? TN anyone?

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Message no. 4
From: dghost@****.com dghost@****.com
Subject: Masking question
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 07:45:43 -0700
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:32:27 +0200 Barbie LeVile <barbie@********.de>
writes:
> following sit:
>
> A mage projects and leaves as usual her body behind with foci and
stuff.
> Does the masking she keeps goes with the projection? Very likly.
> Does it stays with the body? hmm, maybe
> or does it split between them? very unlikely IMO

The way I understand it is, the masking masks the astral pressence of the
foci. When the mage astrally projects, the astral presence of the foci
tag along. If the mage wishes to mask the foci or his aura, hehas no
problem since the foci and his aura are in the same place.

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Message no. 5
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: Masking question
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:09:53 -0700 (PDT)
> This brought a thought to mind although it's
never came up. The Body has no aura when the mage is
projecting so I would assume anyone seeing it Astrally
would see it as a dead body? Or would they see the
connection between it and the astral protecting aura?
> Also, if the Aura is gone, would this not make
it impossible to cast spells on said body (except for
Manipulation of course)? (at least your bod would be
safe when the manaballs start to fly eh?) OR would
powerballs and such still affect it as it would a
wall? TN anyone?
> JamzTheMan@****.com

I'd say there would be a link of sorts, Jamz.
Otherwise, how would what happens at one end effect
the other end? If there was no link, killing the
astral form wouldn't kill the body - there would be no
MIND and SOUL in the body, but the body itself would
stay alive - as long as it was on life support. And
killing the body wouldn't destroy the astral form (in
Essence hours) - it'd just turn the astral form into a
free-floating spirit. I don't mean spirit as "spirit"
- it wouldn't give it any of the funky spirit powers -
I mean as in a ghost-type thing. The astral form could
do anything it could before - such as manifesting, or
casting spells - of course.

But that's all theory, because it doesn't happen. So
there must be some kind of link. Whether that link is
noticeable would depend on masking, I'd guess. Any
astrally projecting initiate would automatically mask
the link, unless they choose not to, and they could
also choose to actively mask it. A non-initated
magicker can't mask it.

It wouldn't be DIRECTIONAL, though - otherwise someone
could trace it back to the body. Which they can't. I
don't think.

What does this mean? Well, for my money, this is why
hurting one end hurts the other - so by casting a
spell on the body, it WILL hurt the astral form. I
can't remember where it says this, but it DOES say
somewhere (main rules would be my guess, maybe
Grimoire 2) that damage taken at one end SHOWS UP at
the other - if an insect spirit claws your astral
form, your body gets scratched. That may no longer be
the case in SR3 - not sure.

All IIRC, some IMNSHO. :)

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