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Message no. 1
From: "Boyd Stephen Smith, Jr." <gilmeth@*********.COM>
Subject: Mirrors in Astral (was: More Magic Questions)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:03:47 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>


>Also, how does that mirror work in astral space? Can yousee a reflected
>image in a-space? Glass is still transparent....


IIRC, Mirrors are glass with a thin silver (or other shiny substance)
backing.

So, in Astral it works sorta like this.
You see through the glass but, the silver (or whatever) blocks vision and
does not reflect anything.
Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Mirrors in Astral (was: More Magic Questions)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:23:40 -0700
Boyd Stephen Smith, Jr. wrote:
/
/ -----Original Message-----
/ From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
/
/
/ >Also, how does that mirror work in astral space? Can yousee a reflected
/ >image in a-space? Glass is still transparent....
/
/
/ IIRC, Mirrors are glass with a thin silver (or other shiny substance)
/ backing.
/
/ So, in Astral it works sorta like this.
/ You see through the glass but, the silver (or whatever) blocks vision and
/ does not reflect anything.

Nope. Since you can use a mirror to target a spell cast in the
"real" world, it stands to reason that mirrors reflect auras. So, if
you look at a mirror in astral space it should reflect auras in
astral space.

-David
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Message no. 3
From: "Boyd Stephen Smith, Jr." <gilmeth@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Mirrors in Astral (was: More Magic Questions)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:35:10 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>


>Boyd Stephen Smith, Jr. wrote:
>/
>/ -----Original Message-----
>/ From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
>/
>/
>/ >Also, how does that mirror work in astral space? Can yousee a reflected
>/ >image in a-space? Glass is still transparent....
>/
>/
>/ IIRC, Mirrors are glass with a thin silver (or other shiny substance)
>/ backing.
>/
>/ So, in Astral it works sorta like this.
>/ You see through the glass but, the silver (or whatever) blocks vision and
>/ does not reflect anything.
>
>Nope. Since you can use a mirror to target a spell cast in the
>"real" world, it stands to reason that mirrors reflect auras. So, if
>you look at a mirror in astral space it should reflect auras in
>astral space.


Yes, upon further reflection (hehe), I realized that either I was thinking
too much or oversimplifying. To back up your (and now my) opinion with canon
I will quote the following from page 150 of the BBB: "... in astral space,
line-of-sight can be figured as if the astral caster were [...] in physical
space."

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