| From: | Mark Kalvin <Sahtori@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Melting Bullets, more about them... |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Mar 1995 02:37:44 -0500 |
> Well, he couldn't target a specific bullet because he can't see it.
> Technically it's in his field of vision, but ...You could use a anchored
spells --
> Detect Bullets, which then switches on a Turn Bullet To Other Form Of
Energy > spell.
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong adm82@***.edu.au, wrote the
following:
> Well, I'd be thinking that the "Turn Bullet To Other Form Of Energy" spell
> would be more or less a Bullet Barrier spell. It requires an input of
> magical energy from the caster, and it stops bullets getting to the target.
> While a normal Bullet Barrier spell uses the spells energy to provide an
> inpenetrable barrier to bullets (whether you rule it forms air molecules
> into a hard wall, or manifests astral energy to the physical in the shape
of
> a wall or whatever), a "Turn Bullet To Other Form Of Energy" spell uses the
> same spell energy, but in a different manner. End result? Same thing
> happens the bullet is stopped short of hitting its target by the power of
the
> spell. Sure the special effects are different, but it has essentially the
> same end result. I don't think it would be overbalancing or munchkinous at
> all. Just a little more stylish than a regular Bullet Barrier (and, hey,
> it's style that counts after all isn't it? :-)).
Actually, gents, the spell in question is one that converts the bullets
*momentum* into another form of energy (converting the actual bullet to
energy would result in something very like the world's largest single nuclear
detonation :-)). I came up with the spell for the short story, "The
Red-Haired German" that I posted here a few days ago. It is the patent of the
character Paolo Stevens, an elven Hermetic Adept.
The idea behind the spell is to stop bullets while creating an interesting
visual: no matter how one triggers the spell, the idea is that the energy
that carries the bullet, arrow, or what have you forwards is converted into
heat and light, causing the projectile to stop in the air and, in the case of
bullets---which travel with enormous energy---to melt. I am not sure whether
or not the actual spell is viable under the vanilla rules. In other respects,
it is completely similar to the bullet barrier spell.
The reason I posted the idea, is to get some input on what people think about
the spell's effect on game balance if any.
Thanks for your attention,
Mark Kalvin (Sahtori@***.com)
