From:	"Stephen R. Wilcoxon" <wilcoxon@****.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Flare's Question
Date:	Sun, 8 Aug 1993 23:48:20 -0400

rcoster@*****.net said:
> i read the passage again, and as you can see from above, i came to some
> interesting conclusions...since a mage using astral perception has opened
> his senses to the astral plane, he is "opening a bridge" between his meat
> body and the astral plane...similarly, a dual natured creature, such as a
> barghest, exist simultaneously on the astral and mundane plane, and
> therefore provide the bridge; because of this, that corp guard with the
> trained barghest is in for quite a surprise when an astral mage drops a
> fireball spell on his doggie's aura!

I agree with your summary with the exception of quickenings. In the
description of quickenings in Grim II it says "the spell is given a
permanent 'circuit' into astral space that keeps it running". To me this
translates as "in lieu of a spell lock, the quickening causes the
individual the spell is quickened to to act as the physical 'anchor' for
the spell". For a spell to stay around there are three ways of continuing
its effects: 1) the mage concentrates on it (sustaining), 2) the spell lock
"anchors" the spell to itself, or 3) the quickening "anchors" the
spell to
the person. So, you can ground a spell through a quickening (IMHO). This
should keep people from quickening spells using only 1 Karma as well.
Hmm, looking at what I just wrote, it seems that spell anchoring could
be described as just an extension of the above...


Twilight

The Crystal Wind is the Storm, and the Storm is Data, and the Data is Life.
-- The Player's Litany