| From: | Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Spells on the astral |
| Date: | Thu, 6 Apr 1995 18:53:27 +1000 |
> Spells are no spell in the astral remember ! So even if you manage to cast
> a stunnbolt at yourself (which I doubt) it will be some astral animal and
> will do physical to you.
Only if you intecept a spell cast from the phsyical intended for someone on
the phsyical. From the last paragraph of Spells, pg 148, we have:
"A magician in astral space cannot cast a spell at another spell,
but he can cast one at any other astral being. Such a spell cannot be
intercepted, and only spells that would affect the thing or being physically
will work. A sleep spell cannot be used to damage a magical item, but it
would work against a magician in astral space. Mana spells only affect the
astral target. Physical spels ground out an may affect others."
Now, this bit isn't particularily clear, I know. The way I intepret it is
that if you are projecting, and lob a spell at another projecting magician,
then it works as it would in the normal world. In fact, if it is a physical
area effect spell, it will get all those around his body too. Otherwise, why
would it specify that only spells which could affect the target normally
could be used? By your reasoning, I could lob an entertainment spell at my
opponents focus, and it would attack it for (Force)L. If this were the case,
then the rules would not say what they do, and they would allow attacks such
as that. The rules only allow you to attack a spell if you intercept it,
which you can't do if it is being cast at you (who is astrally projecting)
by another astrally projecting magician. Since you can't intercept it, it
will not engage in astral combat (pg 148), and will proceed directly to you
and ground out for its intended effect.
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Damion Milliken Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au
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