From:	"Richard C. Osterhout" <rcoster@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Ritual Usage
Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 1993 16:53:09 -0400

On Wed, 11 Aug 1993, Todd Montgomery wrote:

> I just had a thought concerning the SR magic system. Tell me what
> you think about this idea.
>
> Ritual Sorcery is very limited. The reason being that it builds
> energy slowly then allows it to travel over a long range.
>
> What about mini-rituals? Like the classic incantations, or the


i like this idea...it occupies the spell caster for a couple of turns,
thereby allowing the sammis to wreak havoc...somehow though, i think doing
something like this would only be reasonable for instantaneous spells,
like healing or combat...if you were to stand there for a couple of turns
and build up this astral energy, it would be very hard to contain for a
sustained spell, and also the energy that you built up would leak
away...kinda like generating a tornado from whipping together somes
breezes, it would be smarter to let the tornado go than to try and control
it once its created....

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