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Message no. 1
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 20:43:09 -0400
At 07:53 PM 10/10/96 +0000, you wrote:

>What happens if
>1) the astral you goes unconscious
>2) The real you takes enough stun damage to go unconscious

If you go unconscious from stun damage in the Astral plane, I assume
you "snap back" to your body in the same way for real damage.
I wouldn't be surprised if some DM's ruled you don't, however.

In the second question, I presume you're asking what happens if
someone does stun damage to the projecting mage's body. I'm not sure
anything would happen, but wasn't this mentioned in the original
harlequin adventure (the one where the team gets kidnapped)?

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Message no. 2
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:32:43 -0400
At 11:14 AM 10/11/96 -0700, Caric wrote:

>We play it that if the astrally projecting mage/shaman dies astrally then
>they still are active until their time in astral space runs out, but if
>they go unconscious from stun then they are thrown back to their body
>immediately. This may be incorrect, but we finds that it adds to the
>role-playing possibilities.

It is, unless you mean damage to the body, not the astral one.

>Ghosts trying to avenge their death in the
>brief time they have before they die, and the street sammy chummer slamming
>his mage pal unconscious because it looks like he's getting the drek kicked
>out of him astrally, etc....

Err, just what could he do to a (mundane) street sam?

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Message no. 3
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:01:49 -0400
Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> At 07:53 PM 10/10/96 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >What happens if
> >1) the astral you goes unconscious
> >2) The real you takes enough stun damage to go unconscious
>
> If you go unconscious from stun damage in the Astral plane, I assume
> you "snap back" to your body in the same way for real damage.
> I wouldn't be surprised if some DM's ruled you don't, however.

Physical (or "real", as you call it) damage does NOT return a mage to
his body. He IS aware of it, however, but must travel back to his body
astrally.

As the rules state, any damage (physical or stun) that happens to either
part of the mage's being (physical or astral) happens to the other at
the same time. To make this clear, you only use ONE condition monitor
for any damage you acquire. Thus, you can take serious physical damage
on the astral, while taking another serious wound via your physical body
in the same combat phase and be considered to have more than a deadly
wound....it combines! The same with stun damage. This is a very strong
argument for protecting your party's Mage's body while he/she is
projecting. :)

As far as whether a mage automatically returns to his physical body when
knocked unconscious while projecting, I don't know if the rules say
anything of relevance. I would say yes, but that would be a house rule.

> In the second question, I presume you're asking what happens if
> someone does stun damage to the projecting mage's body. I'm not sure
> anything would happen, but wasn't this mentioned in the original
> harlequin adventure (the one where the team gets kidnapped)?

See above.

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Message no. 4
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 15:33:25 +0000
On 14 Oct 96 at 22:32, Ubiquitous wrote:
[projecting magician who's body died and who's now a ghost]
> Err, just what could he do to a (mundane) street sam?
Send in his ally. Let the Ally waste the Sam. When the Ally is about to loose,
blast a level 8 Hellblast through him.
THAT he could do to a (mundane) Street Sam.

Sascha
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Message no. 5
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:09:36 -0400
At 03:33 PM 10/15/96 +0000, Sascha wrote:
>On 14 Oct 96 at 22:32, Ubiquitous wrote:

>[projecting magician who's body died and who's now a ghost]

>> Err, just what could he do to a (mundane) street sam?
>Send in his ally. Let the Ally waste the Sam. When the Ally is about to loose,
>blast a level 8 Hellblast through him.
>THAT he could do to a (mundane) Street Sam.

I sppse he could, but that's a lot of "IF"'s!

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need GMs & gamers of all systems. The Starcon web site is at
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<http://user.nxus.com/starcon/gaming.htm>;.
Message no. 6
From: Loki <loki@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Unconciousness during Projection...
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:08:31 -0700
<SNIP>
> >Ghosts trying to avenge their death in the
> >brief time they have before they die, and the street sammy chummer
slamming
> >his mage pal unconscious because it looks like he's getting the drek
kicked
> >out of him astrally, etc....
>
> Err, just what could he do to a (mundane) street sam?

He means the Sammy in the team sees the wounds manifesting on the
unconcious body of the projecting mage. Assuming the mage is getting the
ever-loving drek kicked out of him and is too stubborn or just can't get
back to his body, the Sammy slaps the mage unconcious which throws the mage
back into his meat.

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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