From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Quickenings and Wards
Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 1993 13:11:10 -0700

Minotaur,

Good luck with your Astralless campaign. Now on the question of Quickenings
and Wards, that's a harder question to answer than you might think. It appears
that the wise sages of FASA didn't bother to produce any rules on what happens
when an astral active items comes into contact with a ward. This doesn't only
apply to quickenings but also all active foci expect for Weapon foci. You might
even say it counts for spells that are being sustained, and don't forget
anchored spells. This is a can of worms that they skillfully overlooked when
writting the Grimoire (both times).

I really don't know what to say. Maybe just execute a quick force test with
the foci/quickening/anchoring rolling its force with target number equal to the
ward and the ward rolling its force with a target number equalt to the foci's
force. If the foci gets one net success then it passes through. If it doesn't
the mage receives a mild shock and cannot pass through the barrier with the
item is active. All future attempts will fail against this particualar ward,
except for quickening which may try again as many times as the magician likes.

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker