| From: | K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | [SR3] Pass or Fly (Re: Shapeshifters: Why so maligned?) |
| Date: | Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:05:58 EDT |
ONLINE.DE writes:
> > note that this is no longer the case, since astral forms pass through
> living
> > forms now anyway.
>
> WHAT? Why should that be? I mean, it isn't logic, isn't it? So an astrally
> projecting mage would be able to "fly" through people? That sounds really
> odd...
>
Ah, how the sound / read of such overgeneralization often gets us carried away
<g>. I think the words "pass through" and "fly through" are not
quite the
same here. To me at least, "Pass" means to move through at a cautionable
rate, while "Fly" indicates with some speed.
I think I would imagine it this way. Water is a substance that you or I are
able to move through in a variety of manners, but granted at a different rate
of speed than air, especially once you have entered fully or partially into
the medium. BUT, if you are moving at a very high rate of speed and suddenly
partake of an impact upon the water's surface (any angle), you are likely to
find that it's resilience is minor, and it's gonna hurt like Hell Froze
over...literally.
BTW, he's correct in mentioning that you can now pass through Living Things as
an astral projecting individual now (other people, plants, etc.). However,
Wards and Barriers are treated different than living beings, so passing
through them is gonna be just as annoying as it was in first / second
editions. And hell, now there are rules for "ramming a Ward" if you take into
consideration astral speeds as movement, and Wards as Barriers and then
translate over to the Vehicle "Ramming" or "Collision" rules in that
section
<ewg>
-K
