Message no. 1

From:	Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject:	Re: [SR2] Spell Foci for Sustained Spells
Date:	Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:05:03 -0400 (EDT)

At 10:19 PM 8/25/96 -0500, you wrote:

>If a magician has a spell focus for a sustained spell and uses the extra
>dice for resisting drain, can the mage turn off the focus while the spell is
>being sustained by the caster? The gamer would rather do this than create a
>spell lock because he's afraid of someone grounding through the lock.

I'd say yes, since once a spell is cast, all the mage has to do to sustain it
is to concentrate on it. He doesn't have to keep rerolling successes or drain,
so the focus is no longer needed.

>I think it's possible if the caster wants to take the +2 penalty for
>sustaining the spell. The actions the caster would take are: activate
>spell focus [simple action], cast spell [complex action], turn off focus
>[simple action].

Yep.

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