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Message no. 1
From: Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be
Subject: Physad question (was: RE: Another space question)
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:15:48 +0100
Chris Maxfield wrote:
>
<snip>
>
>I play the physad powers as active until deactivated and
>inactive until
>activated. That is, the default is both active and inactive
>and the physad
>can switch between them - and because the powers are so
>innate, I play this
>switching as costing no actions or time.

That's about the same way I use them too. Does this mean that whenever the
physad's power are active, a link is created to the astral plane to "feed"
the power with mana (I didn't the answer in MiTS, though I might have missed
it)?

Would this mean that an observer in the astral plane when the physad had
active powers and determine which kind of power? I know that assensing can
detect the physad powers, but (IIRC) this works all the time, the powers
don't have to be 'active'.

>> Penalties and effects of space would therefore only affect
>them once they
>>actually try to use one of there powers. Which would still
>leave the adept
>
>I agree with this and it's what I thought I said. :-)

Appologies, I must have mis-read or mis-understood some of the emails
concerning this topic. I had lot of things to do lately and fatigue will do
this to you, you know.
There is only so little spare time and I have so much things to do or want
to do, that sleep isn't top priority anymore.

Thanks for clarifying though, I almost thought I went completely off track
concerning 'adepts'.

<snip>
>
>Chris

-Sven :)
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Message no. 2
From: Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au
Subject: Physad question (was: RE: Another space question)
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:01:30 +1100
At 12:15 20/11/99 +0100, Sven De Herdt wrote:
>That's about the same way I use them too. Does this mean that whenever the
>physad's power are active, a link is created to the astral plane to "feed"
>the power with mana (I didn't the answer in MiTS, though I might have missed
>it)?

No. In SR3, magic in the physical world exists only in the physical world
and magic in the astral exists only in the astral. Excluding the dual
natured of course. So a physad's powers, active or not, in no way means
there is any link/interaction with the astral.

>Would this mean that an observer in the astral plane when the physad had
>active powers and determine which kind of power? I know that assensing can
>detect the physad powers, but (IIRC) this works all the time, the powers
>don't have to be 'active'.

I think there are a few house rules around on this one but, as far as I
remember, according to the vanilla rules, assensing can tell the viewer
whether the target is magically active or not, but not how the target uses
the magic. So assensing a physad, whether the physad has his powers active
or not, may tell the viewer that they are looking at an awakened person but
no more than that. :-)



Chris

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