| From: | "Hackers 'R Us" <Flake@***.nl> |
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| Subject: | More magic Questions and Burning Bright |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Dec 1995 01:20:45 +-100 |
slichtly bended.
At some point in the story he's able to cast a clairvoyance spell while =
astrally projecting. So while having his consciesness actively cut off =
from his body he's able to seperate it again and apparently creates a =
third point of awareness.
This in turn fires another question I have had a long time and was never =
able to answer to satisfaction.
If you cast a spell in astral space, I always believed non of it's =
original features counted. So the spell always becomes an astral being =
that will attack any other astral being it is cast at. The only time =
it's features do count is when there's a bridge between the target and =
the physical world and even then the spell must first defeat whatever it =
is trying to ground through before it can actually enter real space. =
This certainly seems to be true to most physical spells. But what about =
mana spells or spell that have no target like detection spells or spells =
like astral static. Mana spells for one do not ground cause their =
primary effect is in the aural component of a target, but it also seems =
that it doesn't need the link with the real world, so why doesn't it do =
damage the way it should do ?
For example it says somewhere in the rules that healing applied to the =
physical body heals the astral body and VICE VERSA. Which means that it =
must be possible to heal an astral body with a spell, which in turn =
means that astral body must be the target of an heal spell and as all =
spell become hostile beings if targeted at an astral object or being why =
doesn't it hurt the receiver of the spell instead of healing him ?
As for the questions from Lars about bound spirits, I don't think I =
understand it. What is so weird about a bound elemental ? It seems to be =
the only way one can summon the critters, that's the handy part of =
elementals, they're always around when you need them.
