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Message no. 1
From: Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.WVNET.EDU>
Subject: Quickened Spells and Grounding
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 19:31:15 CET
A friend of mine and I have recently had some discussion about
the possibility of Spells being able to be grounded through
quickened spells.

This has all been sparked by the discussion on rec.games.frp.misc
newsgroup. I was curious about everyones comments and thoughts
on this matter.

I, personally, don't quite think that spells can be grounded through
quickened spells even though the Grim II says that quickening opens
a "channel" from the Astral plane.

Any comments?
Message no. 2
From: "P. Steele" <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: Quickened Spells and Grounding (fwd)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 14:47:49 GMT
> A friend of mine and I have recently had some discussion about
> the possibility of Spells being able to be grounded through
> quickened spells.
>
> This has all been sparked by the discussion on rec.games.frp.misc
> newsgroup. I was curious about everyones comments and thoughts
> on this matter.

Well I'm sorry but I think I'm partly to blame for that debate. It started off
with someone asking what do I do if my mages start to get loaded down with
spell locks. Me and lots of other people mentioned that you can ground spells
through spell locks and thus destroy them. I also added a tidbit of info I got
from this list which was a brief question and answer session that someone had
with Tom Dowd. One of the questions asked was 'Can you ground spells through
quickenings ?' The answer went more or 'less why not ? But only physical spells
and they don't have an area effect.'

Now don't get me wrong I don't necesarily agree. In fact I would have thought
that only mana spells would be able to be grounded through a quickening (still
no area effect though). Anyway not for the likes of me to argue with God On High
so I jotted down his comments and sent them in with my reply to rec.games.frp
.misc.

Unfortunately I seem to have lost the file with those comments though I suspect
I have a print out somewhere at home. Could the original poster confirm/deny
these comments ?

-The Powerhouse
--
Phillip Steele

P.C.Steele@**.ac.ncl
Message no. 3
From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@********.UTCS.TORONTO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quickened Spells and Grounding (fwd)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 14:45:25 -0500
Someone asked a random FASA person if spells could be grounded
through quickened spells, and got a yes answer. Someone later asked
either Tom Dowd or Paul Hume the same question and got a 'hell no!'
answer, and there the matter stands the last I heard.

- cks

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