From:	The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject:	Grounding
Date:	Sun, 8 Aug 1993 17:37:01 -0500

OK, as I drove away from the lab I got to thinking about the other
implications of the way I defined grounding through a Quickening. For
one thing, it would mean that you could ground through a sustained spell,
which I believe would rsult in a big NO from Mephistoles Hume.

Also, re-read (again!) the section on attacking through foci and there
was the physical requirement, listed as neccesary for grounding. How then
to resolve this with the official statement that you can "ground through
any spell, physical or mana, that has an effect on the real world". It's
the damn errata that keeps fouling things up.

I think the best way to envision it is to imagine that the mage himself id
is the physical component of a Quickening (or whoever it's quickened on).
That way, no grounding through sustained spells, but you can still ground
through the big Q. Now, people don't get ratings; I would say that in
place of the focus rating in the resistance test, use the Karma used to
Quicken the Spell. Use the spell's actual force if you attack the spell
directly, like usual.

J Roberson