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From:	"J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	To the Limits- Willpower (Re: FASAMike vs Steve Kenson)
Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:51:13 -0500

Message no. 1 In a message dated 97-11-04 19:10:29 EST, u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK writes:

>
> And verily, did Chris Maxfield hastily scribble thusly...
> |While we're on the subject: For you people who allow a target to wander
> |out-of-view of the sustaining magician - how far do you allow the targets
> |to wander before the spell fails?
>
> In my case, you could have the spell cast in London, and it'd still work
> when you pulled into San Fransisco...
>
> I don't see the problem.
> (I see it as an umbilical cord that streches as far as it needs to...)
>
> After all, the casting mage DOES have the penalties for maintaining the
> spell, and is likely to drop it at the first sign of trouble at his end...
>
>
This is something else I have wondered of late. Is there a limit to the
amount of time a magician can directly sustain something, without a Spell
Lock or anything similar? I have had lots of questions on this over the
years, and I usually just leave it as a roleplaying thing.

-Comments?

-K

From:	lucifer <lucifer@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: To the Limits- Willpower (Re: FASAMike vs Steve Kenson)
Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 1997 23:06:25 -0600

Message no. 2 J. Keith Henry wrote:

> This is something else I have wondered of late. Is there a limit to =
the
> amount of time a magician can directly sustain something, without a Spe=
ll
> Lock or anything similar? I have had lots of questions on this over =
the
> years, and I usually just leave it as a roleplaying thing.
>

I really don't see this as much of a problem. Most mages won't bother to =
sustain a spell
for an unreasonable amount of time (remember the + 2 modifier per spell).=
After a certain
amount of time, it isn't worth it anymore. And as a GM I usually rule tha=
t you can sustain
an LOS spell only so long as the target is in LOS.

Lucifer
Prince of Darkness, Eater of Souls

"One owes respect to the living. To the Dead one owes
only Truth."--Voltaire

"When devils will the blackest sins put on, they
do suggest at first with heavenly shows."--Shakespeare,
from 'Othello'

From:	Mike Hartmann <Hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
Subject:	Re: To the Limits- Willpower (Re: FASAMike vs Steve Kenson)
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:44:58 +0100

Message no. 3 > > In my case, you could have the spell cast in London, and it'd still work
> > when you pulled into San Fransisco...
> >
> > I don't see the problem.
> > (I see it as an umbilical cord that streches as far as it needs to...)
> >
> > After all, the casting mage DOES have the penalties for maintaining the
> > spell, and is likely to drop it at the first sign of trouble at his end...
> >
> >
> This is something else I have wondered of late. Is there a limit to the
> amount of time a magician can directly sustain something, without a Spell
> Lock or anything similar? I have had lots of questions on this over the
> years, and I usually just leave it as a roleplaying thing.

On the one hand, a mage has to go get some sleep from time to time
so at least then the concentration required is lost.
But you should never forget that as long as you sustain a spell you
don't have access to the magic pool dice you used to cast the
spell. ie if you use 5 of your 7 magic pool dice your magic pool is
reduced to 2 while sustaining the spell. (i dont know if this
stated expressis verbis anywhere, but it makes sense)

bye mike

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