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Message no. 1
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: [SR3] Centering Skills
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:56:27 -0700
This has been touched on once or twice in the Mysticism and Rituals
threads. Still, I wanted to bring it up again here in an attempt to
get some definite clarification.

BBB, page 83, tells us that using a skill takes a complex action.

However, a mage once initiated is now somehow able to use his
centering skill (gesturing, incantation, musical instrument, dance,
and so on) in a free action to augment a magic skill that takes a full
complex action unto itself.

I'd like SR3 to better explain how this is accomplished, or perhaps
state something like the complex action PRIOR to the spell/conjuring
test must be used for the centering skill. Otherwise centering just
seems to fly in the face of game mechanics and logic.

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Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Centering Skills
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:04:18 +0100
Loki said on 22:56/10 Jul 97...

> BBB, page 83, tells us that using a skill takes a complex action.
>
> However, a mage once initiated is now somehow able to use his
> centering skill (gesturing, incantation, musical instrument, dance,
> and so on) in a free action to augment a magic skill that takes a full
> complex action unto itself.

The explanation for that isn't too hard to find: you're doing the
Centering skill at the same time as the magic skill, else the Centering
wouldn't do anything at all.

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Message no. 3
From: "Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Centering Skills
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:32:23 -0500
> However, a mage once initiated is now somehow able to use his
> centering skill (gesturing, incantation, musical instrument, dance,
> and so on) in a free action to augment a magic skill that takes a full
> complex action unto itself.
I thought it was pretty clear that Centering was a speficic case and that
'Complex Action for a skill use' applied when nothing else described the type
of action required (Firearms usually requires only a Simple Action,
f'rinstance).

losthalo

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