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Message no. 1
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: [SR3] Astral barriers
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:16:12 -0500
Here's another thought on passing through
auras: Fighting your way through them might
cause some stun damage now and then, but
more importantly, it might use up
(BarierRating)D6 minutes worth of your magic
rating, with the roll made secretly. In other
words, if you have a magic rating of 6 and you
spend 3 1/2 hours wandering about astrally and
then pass through a rating 5 barrier, you have
somewhere between 2 hours 25 minutes and
2hours of time on the astral left, and you'll have
to pass through the barrier again on the way
out... If you run out of time passing through a
barrier, you die.

As a side note, I think magic rating should be
part of the formula for penetrating astral barriers.

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 2
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Astral barriers
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:57:06 -0400
Mike Elkins once dared to write,

>Here's another thought on passing through
>auras: Fighting your way through them might
>cause some stun damage now and then, but
>more importantly, it might use up
>(BarierRating)D6 minutes worth of your magic
>rating, with the roll made secretly.

Extra bookkeeping involved but not too bad of an idea.

>As a side note, I think magic rating should be
>part of the formula for penetrating astral barriers.

Or Will. I'm not sure myself. Magic rating is kinda mean on the burnouts
unless Kenson's new geasa are used. And what if a power focus is used?

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Message no. 3
From: Jason & Deanna Rodhouse <jade@***.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Astral barriers
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:19:47 +1000
On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:16:12 -0500 Mike Elkins wrote:

> Here's another thought on passing through
> auras: Fighting your way through them might
> cause some stun damage now and then, but
> more importantly, it might use up
> (BarierRating)D6 minutes worth of your magic
> rating, with the roll made secretly. In other
> words, if you have a magic rating of 6 and you
> spend 3 1/2 hours wandering about astrally and
> then pass through a rating 5 barrier, you have
> somewhere between 2 hours 25 minutes and
> 2hours of time on the astral left, and you'll have
> to pass through the barrier again on the way
> out... If you run out of time passing through a
> barrier, you die.
>
> As a side note, I think magic rating should be
> part of the formula for penetrating astral barriers.
>
> Double-Domed Mike

This is an interseting idea. However, your time spent in
the astral is dependent upon your essence and not your
magic rating. Are you proposing that this penalty would
affect your playtime or your magic rating? It appears you
mean the playtime but wouldn't it be harsh if affected your
magic rating?<EG>
I don't recall this threads formula for penetrating barriers
but as it stands in the BBB, the mages magic rating is the
TN of the resisting barrier.

Pilgrim

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