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Message no. 1
From: Steffen Lassahn <lassahn@*******.DE>
Subject: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:59:41 GMT
Hiho!

In one of my groups the following question came up:
If a PhysAd-Initiate is using deliberate masking to make his aura look
like a mundane one and he is trying to use one of his Powers, for
example an improved skill, what will happen?
Will his masking drop automatically since it is an exclusive action so
he cannot use his magic power? Will he only be able to use the normal
skill without the boosting? Will the skill not be usable at all while
he is masking?

Steffen

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Message no. 2
From: Georg Greve <greve@*******.HANSE.DE>
Subject: Re: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:53:41 GMT
Steffen Lassahn (lassahn@*******.de) wrote:
: In one of my groups the following question came up:
: If a PhysAd-Initiate is using deliberate masking to make his aura look
: like a mundane one and he is trying to use one of his Powers, for
: example an improved skill, what will happen?
: Will his masking drop automatically since it is an exclusive action so
: he cannot use his magic power? Will he only be able to use the normal
: skill without the boosting? Will the skill not be usable at all while
: he is masking?

I'd say that the Adept can use everything that is done subconsciously
(like improved skills, improved attributes and so on) while masking
deliberately. Everything that requires concentration to perform or has
effects that leave the aura of the PA (like boosted attributes,
killing hands, distance strike and so on) is not possible to perform
while deliberately masking. Comments ?

Later,
Georg

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Message no. 3
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 08:27:25 -0700
Georg Greve wrote:
|
| Steffen Lassahn (lassahn@*******.de) wrote:
| : In one of my groups the following question came up:
| : If a PhysAd-Initiate is using deliberate masking to make his aura look
| : like a mundane one and he is trying to use one of his Powers, for
| : example an improved skill, what will happen?
| : Will his masking drop automatically since it is an exclusive action so
| : he cannot use his magic power? Will he only be able to use the normal
| : skill without the boosting? Will the skill not be usable at all while
| : he is masking?
|
| I'd say that the Adept can use everything that is done subconsciously
| (like improved skills, improved attributes and so on) while masking
| deliberately. Everything that requires concentration to perform or has
| effects that leave the aura of the PA (like boosted attributes,
| killing hands, distance strike and so on) is not possible to perform
| while deliberately masking. Comments ?

I'd let him use his abilities, but give any astral viewers a bonus to
see that he's magically talented. But, keep in mind that magic is not my
strong suit, and this may be way off base.

BTW, what happens when a mage that is shielding himself casts a spell?

-David

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Message no. 4
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:43:10 -0500
David Buehrer wrote:

<Big Snip>

> BTW, what happens when a mage that is shielding himself casts a spell?
>
> -David

<Snip>

Nothing, IMO. Shielding is a 2-step process. Allocating dice toward
shielding does NOT mean that you are defending against spells. It means
that you INTEND on defending against spells. In order for shielding to
have any effect upon the spell you are casting, you would have to then
carry out the second step of the process and actually protect yourself
with the shielding from the spell you are casting...and since no sane
mage would ever do this, the point is moot. ;)

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Message no. 5
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 15:25:13 EST
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:59:41 GMT Steffen Lassahn <lassahn@*******.de>
writes:
>Hiho!
>
>In one of my groups the following question came up:
>If a PhysAd-Initiate is using deliberate masking to make his aura look
>like a mundane one and he is trying to use one of his Powers, for
>example an improved skill, what will happen?
>Will his masking drop automatically since it is an exclusive action so
>he cannot use his magic power? Will he only be able to use the normal
>skill without the boosting? Will the skill not be usable at all while
>he is masking?
>
>Steffen

I don't quite understand. You can mask and still toss mojo, whether
you're a physad or a magician or sorceror or whatever. _Deliberate_
masking is exclusive, but I don't think this is going to affect a physad
too much, since most physad powers are automatically in action, almost
anything that doesn't require activation, is other than Attribute boost,
Magic Sense, that sort of thing, shouldn't need to be dropped, IMO.
AFAIK, only spells that were being cast/sustained would be affected, I
don't know of anywhere that exclusivity applies to a physad. I could, of
course be wrong... Isn't this a moot point anyway? The physad doesn't
have to deliberately mask to alter the appearance of his aura, so
couldn't he just drop the deliberate masking attempt?

Canthros-the-shapeshifter-mage
Message no. 6
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: PhysAd and deliberate masking
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 01:56:05 -0800
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, David Buehrer wrote:

>
> BTW, what happens when a mage that is shielding himself casts a spell?
>
> -David
>

You mean besides his spell going off as normal?
~Tim

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