From: | Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net> |
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Subject: | Re: [SR2] Cyberjunkies |
Date: | Mon, 9 Sep 1996 09:01:10 -0400 (EDT) |
>The Jestyr said on 13:58/ 9 Sep 96...
>> Wellllll... not sure here </divert flame on> but afaik Invisibility and
>> all its cousins bend light around the subject to make it appear
>> invisible. The subject and the targets depend on the spell, but all the
>> spells have this in common: they bend light. Thus they work against IR &
>> laser sights, but since Ultrasound is NOT light <grin> I wouldn't rule
>> that any invisibility spell would work against it. Of course, you could
>> use a Silence spell (or similar) to great effect there...
>
>We've struck yet another often-explored-but-never-conquered area of the
>rules, I think :) At least, I seem to remember this one from the time I'd
>only just joined the list...
Yes, but can you ground spells through it? *grin*
>But I do agree about the ultrasound thing -- it's not light, so Invisibility
>wouldn't help against it. Silence would be quite effective in creating a
>"black zone" where ultrasound is useless (though it would give you away
>because the thing can't see *anything* there. Come to think of it, you
>should be able to use it as a "smoke screen" against an ultrasound sight,
>because it wouldn't be able to see behind the Silence spell's area of effect
>either).
Dooh! The whiny player I mentioned earlier claimed that you'd be able to
detect things on the other side of such a blank spot, due to echolation
and sound waves not having to travel in a straight line.
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