From:	David Loewenstern <loewenst@****.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Masking and quickenings
Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 1993 23:18:30 EDT

... On Mon, 21 Jun 1993 11:17:45 EDT, Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.neu.edu> said:
}>>>>> "Dave" == 92804168 <92804168@***.uwplatt.edu>
writes:

}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.

This is clearly false for foci (see GrimII). I have always understood
that the same applied to quickenings. If you can mask foci and not
quickenings, it would sure reduce the usefulness of quickenings relative to
spell locks. Sure, quickenings defend better than locks, but you
can't attack what you can't see.

Quincunx