| From: | Alexander Shearer <alex@******.NOSC.MIL> |
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| Subject: | None |
| Date: | Wed, 6 Apr 1994 21:27:14 -0800 |
CAN BE
<GROUNDED THROUGH..And with a miracle roll you could even do it
through an
<Instantanous [sp] spell....
Please, Mr. Douglas, lose the condescending tone, especially when
the only near-factual statement so far has been to the effect that
Hume and Dowd disagree on this. I'd have to put my vote in with Hume
(author of the Grimoire). Anyway, here's what the rule book says:
"Foci and astral perception both create bridges between the
physical world and the astral plane that can be exploited by
spellcasters in astral space. A mana spell thrown at a target with
such a dual profile, physical and astral, would only affect that
target, even if it is an area effect spell. The spiritual component
is contained within the physical component, so the area-effect is
dampened. This only holds for attacks that do not have the
physical-physical symmetry requirement. A physical spell thrown by
an astral caster at a dual-natured target will ground out through the
target's physical component. The physical component of the target is
of course affected, but because of that component's adjacency to the
physical world, area-effects of certain spells continue onward. The
same requirements for line-of-sight hold...<it loses relevence here>"
Did you get that? Target with a dual profile. Spells are purely
astral, even if Physical spells...they don't exist as a solid entity
in real space. In other words, there has to be a real, affectable
object for the entity to be dual.
All a Quickening is, is a self-sustaining spell. That's what
it's described as in the Grimoire. No physical object, no physical
link.
