From:	"C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: "Official" Quickening Report, with Walter Frogbiter
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:04:22 -0400

On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, Brian W. Allison wrote:

>
> To take you seriously for a second (I'm hoping you were kidding)....
> First, a focus has to be active to be grounded through (consult SRII).

This is correct...

> Secondly, to be active, it must be worn/carried by the mage to whom its
> bonded.

On the contrary..A focus such as a spell lock can be placed anywere by
anyone..but must be activated by any magician who is of the same
tradition as the magic char that bonded the spell to the lock..activation
occurs through touch and the expenditure of a simple action....
--------------------------GRANITE