From:	"Mercury (Uditha DeSilva uidesilva@*****.meto.govt.uk)"
Subject:	Re: You're Grounded!!!
Date:	Sun, 8 Aug 1993 22:33:52 +0000

On Sun, 08 Aug, The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU> wrote:
>Quickenings
> You CAN ground through a Quickening. Again, the attacking spell
>MUST be physical, though the Quickened spell type is irrelevant. The
>question was "Can you ground through a Quickening, and if so, why?". The
>answer was, "You can ground through ANY spell regardless of type". But
>the attacking spell must must be physical in nature.
>
> OK, all of us understand how w Lock grounding works. But a Quickening?
>My explanation is this: Even though there is no physical component at work,
>the Quickening holds open the gate between Astral Space and Real Space that
>powers the spell. When you attack it, the energy is channel through that
>gate EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO PHYSICAL COMPONENT, and is thus able to
>manifest in realspace.

Erm.... OK, but how about a sustained spell, then....?
ie, is there any actual difference between a sustained spell and one that has
been quickened subsequently? or is it for `GAME BALANCE (tm)' ?

>Yeah, something like that. My cyberpig ate my notes. :)
Hmm... time for a new thread, perhaps? `How Cyber is my Pig'? B)
>
>J Roberson
>
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