From:	Dave Sherohman <esper@*****.IMA.UMN.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Anchors Away!
Date:	Fri, 1 Oct 1993 06:47:36 -0500

>So whatcher sayin' is that I pay, say, 4 karma to anchor spark, force 4, ta'
>th' sword, an' it works ONCE? An' then, I hafta spend anoth'r 4 Karma each
>time? Survey Says...X!

Nope, I'm sayin' ya gotta spend _5_ karma to prepare yer sword to hold a
force 4 Spark and an Activation Link, and it'll only go off once per casting.
An anchor will hold _any_ spell with (Force + Links) <= Karma Investment, and
ya've only gotta spend karma on it once.

> Point the First: I may be wrong, but Grimthingie lists Spark as a
>Sustained Damaging Manipulation Spell

This is an error, chummer. The errata sheets say its s'posed ta be instant.

> Point the Second: Th' Acnhorin' rules only say you hafta' spend karma
>ta' prepare an item ta' be anchored, so's you can re-cast th' same anchor on
>th' same item over an' over again without spendin any more, unless you up the
>force or add more links.

Ah, chummer? Da item's da anchor an' likes I sed, it'll take _any_ spell.

> Point the Third: If not Spark, then do I hafta design my own Sustained
>Damaging Manipulation Spell?

Yep.

> An' I still gotta be able ta' turn it on an'
>off, 'cause otherwise you'd hafta' sustain th' bloody thing constantly. Bummer,
>dude.

Or ya can turn it off by dropping its power feed, but then ya've gotta recast
it b'fore ya can turn it back on. Is it worth it to go ta tha hassle just to
save one measly point o' karma? Ya'll have ta decide that one fer yerself,
chummer.

>Next Idea up for flames: Ralph has a Personal Combat Sense and a Increase
>Reflexes Spell Locks. Can I anchor an Activation Link between them (it'd hafta
>be thrown in at the time of spellcasting) so I c'n turn one on an' th' other
>activates at th' same time, thus avoiding the following:

Nope. I won't thwap ya for it, but turning each one on is only a simple action
annyhow - ya can't turn on one and cast a spell in the same phase, so ya may
as well just do 'em separate.

If ya want flames, just wait 'til the "If you turn off a spell lock, you have
to spend karma and recast the spell before you can turn it back on!" crowd
shows up...

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