| From: | Neal A Porter <nap@*****.PHYSICS.SWIN.OZ.AU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Quickening/Sustaining and grounding |
| Date: | Thu, 7 Apr 1994 15:13:04 +1000 |
>> > required for grounding out, or else Sustained spells would be a problem
> too.
>> My understanding is that the DLoH (The Dark Lord on High, = Tom Dowd)
>> says you can ground through a Quickening; and that Paul Hume (writer of
>> the Grimoire, etc.) says that you cannot. This is my recollection of
>> informal discussions that people have reported here.
>
>> My personal opinion is that Paul Hume has a better sense of how the
>> magic works, and the game balance effects of the rules. Most of the
>
>I'd have to agree with you Luke, it just doesn't make any sense to me
>that a person could ground through something just because there was a
>channel of mana from the astral to the physical. There has to be a dual
>natured entity which is astrally active. That's why active foci, ALL
>anchored spells, astrally percieving creatures, etc (did I miss any?
>*grin*) are vulnerable. It's also why I don't believe that
>sustained/Quickened spells are vulnerable.
>
>I'm still waiting.... yearning for a rational explantion of why either of
>the two could be grounded through..... *sigh*
>
>------------------------------------------
>Brian
OK lets try this, if a spell is being sustained by a mage, then that mage
must in some way be influancing the astral plane, this channel of influance
could be used in its reverse mode to ground a spell down through the mage.
As to quickened spells, try they are self sustaining, but they are usually
placed on a charecter, and must be able to influance that charecter in the
physical world, take a reflex inhancement spell, in this case whats to
stop a hostile astral force grounding extra power through that link?
Almost all sustained/quickened spells have some form of physical effect,
wether it is a barrier, reflex increase or attribute increase; heres your
astral-physical grounding point.
Comments????
A'Deus.
