| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | More Magic Trap Stuff. |
| Date: | Tue, 1 Dec 92 02:24:09 CET |
So it is edited for the space impared.
> Gerald? Are you high? I read this post and the M-word almost excaped
> form my lips.
>>No, I am not a munchkin. First of all, I was looking at this from a
Nor did I call you one.
>>GM's point of view. Second of all, it's not THAT nasty, I don't
>>think.
I'm sorry if this insults you but any GM worth the title can come up with
better ways to give his players a hard time and any good team of shadowrunners
would make the mage who laid the damn thing wish he was in another line of work.
>>How about a sort of spell lock which is only activated when certain
>>conditions are met. Sort of like the Magic Mouth in (shudder) AD&D.
>>I realize there isn't anything like this in the rules, but I'm sure
>>you could fudge it for the sake of accomplishing this.
Gee, the first thing I learned from reading the Shadowrun Rulebook was that
SR Magic is nothing like AD&D Magic.
Oh, Minotaur, I read both my SRI and Grimore I and couldn't find where you
got that strange spell lock idea from. Is that SRII? Can you please qoute
your source of inspiration?
There is also one problem with your idea Minotaur. Spell locks can only be
used on sustained spells and must be attuned to the target. So you still need
the mage to be present for it to be of any good, because you can't have a
machine activating a spell and the mage has to sustain it until the spell lock
is set.
> You can't have some machine
> activating a spell and you can't have precast and going off with some
> trigger. A spellcaster (i.e. mage, shaman, or spirit) cast the spell and
> it goes off right then and there. End of lesson.
>>Umm, I think I've already pointed out an exception to this.
And what was that?
> My opinion? It's about as possible as a magic computer. You remember
> the heated debate about that idea. Now let's drop this before it becomes
> an epidemic.
>>Ah, but it's not. We're not talking about magic in a virtual
>>existence. Instead it's magic in the real world. My idea doesn't
Neither am I, what gave you that idea. I used that example because it was
and idea that much more discussion than it merited.
>>even really rely on tech like maglocks. A simple deadbolt or key
>>lock would suffice, But if you're serious enough about security to
>>use magic, I imagine you're serious enough to use maglocks, too.
Sidenote: If such a spell lock could be made it would have to go off when
the door opened. That means there would be no way for anyone to pass through
the doorway without getting blasted. To do otherwise would require the spell
to be directed by tech (i.e. the maglock). Not so useful.
>>I really do think you're talking apples and oranges here.
You mean apples and soy-apples don't you?
>>But thanks for the comments anyways.
And thank you for the topic.
See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
P.S. Russell Howard, who told you this little gem of information? Do you have
anymore little tidbits of Grimore II knowledge to share with the rest of
us. Speak up.
