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From: Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Masking and quickenings
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 11:17:45 EDT
>>>>> "Dave" == 92804168 <92804168@***.uwplatt.edu> writes:

Dave> Ok, as I understand it, an Initiate can use masking to make
Dave> themselves appear as a mundane, a normal mage, or they can appear as
Dave> their true selves, an Initiate.

Just to clarify, they are masking their personal aura to look like
something else.

Dave> Now, I have a question: what happens to their quickened spells if
Dave> they are masked? Do they a) still show up as quickened spells "oh
Dave> that? my friend Sarkon cast it on me. Really", b) as a spell lock, c)
Dave> as some "unidentified" source of the spell, or d) not at all (i.e.
Dave> you cannot tell they have quickened spells if they are masked).

A: they look like any other quickened spells. As I said, masking affects
the mage's *personal* aura, not the aura of anything he's carrying as they
have their own auras.

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