From:	Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: New spell...Atral Sight
Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 1994 20:04:01 -0500

> While there maybe nothing wrong with the mechanics of this
> particular spell I question the plausibility that such a spell
> could exist. After all with

Hypersense, it makes sense...there's an ability that people can see
it if you're of German descent. The main use for it is to cast it when
absolutely necessary...

> this spell not just adepts get to see astral space but your average
> joe samurai gets to see in the astral and fight in the astral.
> This one get's

He can't fight in the astral. He can only SEE the astral. That
matters a LOT.

Mages can cast spells at him...

Of course, quickening and such are bad ideas. You can ground through
them, and they also have a permanent penalty when doing their other stuff...
> a big no from me. If you want to play a sorceror adept then you
> have to take the disadvantages along with the advantage that you
> keep option A or B open.

This is still a disadvantage. You do have to sustain the spell
(+2 TN there alone), and you have to get used to it.

I was considering making the drain even worse, too...

This allows characters that basically cannot conjure, and has penal-
ties on astral sight. It can be very annoying...

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