| From: | Steve Huth <HUTH@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Invisibility and physics |
| Date: | Mon, 10 May 1993 16:50:01 -0700 |
certainly kills the debate, doesn't it? Heck, I like to argue. The
whole reason this started, as I recall, is that, contrary to what Iron
Claw says, when you ask Gator to make you invisible, he does NOT do so
in a way that fools everything--thermo and Ultrasound still work. It was
in attempting to explain this problem that people brought up physics, which
is all we can really understand.
As far as the comment that invisibility affects the mind of the viewer, rather
than the person trying to hide....I'm not sure how it would work, though I'd
be interested in seeing comments. If it affects the viewer's mind, how can
it affect techno devices?
Another semi-related problem: How does FASA decide whether a spell is a
manipulation or an illusion. I was about to say that spells that affect
another's mind are manipulation spells, not illusions, until I remembered
the Chaos and Chaotic World spells. (I really should bring my rulebooks, now
I can't remember whether Chaos and its big brother affect the target's mind,
or create physical illusions). Hmm, I'll look it up later.
If you're not interested in physics, stop reading now.
A friend of mine just pointed out why it would actually be impossible for
the invisibility spell to work (in terms of physics) by bending the light
around a person--it would blind the invisible person. Think about it, no
incoming light means no incoming photons means nothing is hitting your eye
and causing a electric impulse to be sent to your brain to be translated into
an image. Sure you'd be invisible, but you'd be in the most total darkness
ever experienced.
Spectre
Steve Huth
