Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: Russell A Howard <rahst7+@****.EDU>
Subject: more on smart spells
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 12:37:03 -0400
Well, it's come to this: I'm arguing with one of my own posts. :)

I said that fighting a spell in astral space was instantaneous (What the DLoH
told me.) But, I reread the relevant section in the SR2 black book last night
and it says that the casting magician can assist his spell in the fight.
Moreover, if he casts other spells during the fight, he suffers a +2 modifier
just as if he were sustaining a spell. Now: If the fight was instantaneous,
how could the magician cast another spell?

There are 3 possibilities.
1) The book is wrong.
2) Herr Dowd is wrong.
3) I am wrong.

In short, who knows?

Cheers.
--Craig D.
Message no. 2
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: More on smart spells
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 14:18:53 -0700
Craig D. Said:

>>Well, it's come to this: I'm arguing with one of my own posts. :)

>>I said that fighting a spell in astral space was instantaneous (What the DLoH
>>told me.) But, I reread the relevant section in the SR2 black book last night
>>and it says that the casting magician can assist his spell in the fight.
>>Moreover, if he casts other spells during the fight, he suffers a +2 modifier
>>just as if he were sustaining a spell. Now: If the fight was instantaneous,
>>how could the magician cast another spell?

Go back and carefully read pages 147-8 Barriers and page 148 spells. There is
no mention of the fight being instanteneous. In fact it aludes to such things
as the caster of the bloked spell casting more spells while the fight continues.
In short, the fight is not instanteneous. It last as long as any other fight.

>>There are 3 possibilities.

>>1) The book is wrong.

No, the book is right.

>>2) Herr Dowd is wrong.

Not the first or last time.

>>3) I am wrong.

Same for you.

>>In short, who knows?

I do.

See Ya in Shadows, "I can count the number of days I've worked
Jason J Carter since graduation on one hand." - ME!
The Nightstalker Carter@***.EDU

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about More on smart spells, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!