From:	Matt <mosbun@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	Re: AuraMasking Quickened Spells
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 1994 14:09:47 -0500

>I also read somewhere (log9311d ???) that a quickened spell can be used as a
bridge to the real (physical) world, just like a spell-lock. Is this true ?
>Quickening would lose a lot of its advantages if it were (IMHO).
>You have to pay more Karma, you have to be initiated, but you don't have to
pay money for a spell-lock, but from the astral you're still f***ed if someone or
something drops a physical spell on you.


I do believe, though, that if you ground a spell through a spell lock your TN
is a whopping 2, 'cuz you're working against the lock's rating of 1. OTOH, if
you try the same trick with a quickened spell, your TN is the rating of the
spell. Remember also, that a mage can't dispell a spell that has a higher
force that his initiate grade, or something like that. Which means that
spell locks are a lot easier to dispell, and a lot more mages can do it.

Matt