Message no. 1

From:	Wafflemiesters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Sprit power AOE
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:55:02 -0600

>Consider, a mean spirited shaman has a bad day. So she summons a force 2
>city spirit (a fairly simple task) and has it throw confusion over the
>entire city during rush hour ('course I live in the SF bay area, so maybe
>that already happens on some days). It would frag the entire city. That
>seems like an awfully large can of whoop-ass for a relatively minor spirit.

Only certain powers can effect multiple targets at a time. Even for
tjhose, the limit is LOS, and one action at a time. So the spirit could
hang over an intersection (manifest, easy bait for star mages or any
smart driver with a gun and a Will of 4+) and TRY to confuse 1 driver it
sees (can it see into a car? usually not) on each of its actions. It
could maintain that confusin until they entered a building or otherwise
changed domain.
P+P may have placed a numeric limit on affected targets (something like
twice force). If not, its an easy housrule.

>We also had a situation where the villan had taken off in a ship a day
>before the PC's caught up to her. By standing on the beach and summoning a
>sea spirit, one of my PC's could theoretically find her anywhere in the
>Pacific Ocean. Fortunately the villian's toxic ally kept 'eating' the
>spirits he sent out (ok, major GM caveat, deal with it), but still, the
>possibility exists.

The Grimoire details the use of the search power. Searching large ares
quicly becomes futile. And yeah, any smart mage keeps an eye out for
"search" spirits, nothing wrong with that. "Concealmant" is more
often
a "problem" power. Basically, it should be re-written as adding to the
effect of "stealth", which isn't well detailed either.

Mongoose