| From: | SHADE <MFN6430@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | quickening and masking |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Jun 1993 12:50:48 -0500 |
}>>>>> "Dave" == 92804168 <92804168@***.uwplatt.edu>
writes:
>}Dave> Now, I have a question: what happens to their quickened spells if
>}Dave> they are masked? Do they a) still show up as quickened spells "oh
>}Dave> that? my friend Sarkon cast it on me. Really", b) as a spell lock, c)
>}Dave> as some "unidentified" source of the spell, or d) not at all (i.e.
>}Dave> you cannot tell they have quickened spells if they are masked).
>} A: they look like any other quickened spells. As I said, masking affects
>} the mage's *personal* aura, not the aura of anything he's carrying as they
>} have their own auras.
>This is clearly false for foci (see GrimII). I have always understood
>that the same applied to quickenings. If you can mask foci and not
>quickenings, it would sure reduce the usefulness of quickenings relative to
>spell locks. Sure, quickenings defend better than locks, but you
>can't attack what you can't see.
Actually you are all sorta right. To hide a quickened spell you take an astral
quest to the meta-planes. The rating can be chosen at the time the test is
taken. This can also be done for spell locks and other things that tie the
item to astral space. The mage looking for the hidden object has to do an
equal rated astral quest to find the item to chanel a spell down it.
For those that are interested look in either Grim. under astral quests. It
does not specifically mention quickenings, but at the end it says and so forth
This is my reasoning behind it.
Isbin and Thurmite
