| From: | Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: weapon-magi (foci?) : Anchoring and doing this. |
| Date: | Thu, 11 May 1995 08:55:50 GMT |
> I don't believe Foci are connected to the enchanter that
> created them... But once bonded they are connected.
To make them you have to 'first bond' them to someone. They are then
linked to that person who need not be the creator. Later they are
linked to the last person to fully bond them.
> The Idea I was thinking of is a spell - made like a foci.
> "similiar to how a spirit foci or power foci or wepon foci is made"
> thus you could have a sword w/ a wepon foci and a
> "detect enemy"-spell foci - something that is bound
> to the sword "not the mage/enchanter that casted it" then
> once the sword is bonded - voila.
> What's the difference - once jo-blow with this sword dies
> john-doe can pick it up and bind it.
> (yea yea so it sounds **&*ish - so does a bazillion other ideas)
>
What you need is Anchoring. Prepare the weapon and then put your
spell complex on the thing, detect enemies sword would need a detect
enemies spell linked by a link to a second spell that passed the
information to the weilder, eg an illusionary message or a thelpathy
spell of some kind. Ok it needs an initiate to set it up and reset it
by anyone can wield the weapon assuming the information transfer is
got right though you would be better simply putting a detect enemies
spell on the person rather than the sword.
You can also have weapons that detonate spells on hitting blood
e.t.c. with the right custom research spells, and although i don't
like sustained damaging manipulations you can according to the rules
under Anchoring add sustained damaging manipulations to weapons for
burning swords e.t.c. that do increased damage.
Anchoring will do most things you can think up though actually
implementing them correctly is not quite so simple and the karma
costs can get rather high very quickly.
> Thanks Gary.
>
Just be careful with Anchoring it is very flexible, and therefore
potentially VERY powerful though the practical applications are very
limited by the karma costs.
Mark.
