From:	Damion Milliken <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise (fwd)
Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 1994 20:06:48 +1100

Rat writes:

> Matt> Granted, but don't you get FREE DICE of shielding equal to your grade
> Matt> of initiation??
>
> Here's the argument against: You get shielding dice equal to your spell
> defense dice. A PhysAd doesn't have spell defense (only spellchuckers get
> spell defense) therefore he doesn't get shielding. An initiate Enchanting
> or Conjuring Adept doesn't get Shielding, either.

But, you do however, receive free and axtra dice equal to your grade, for
the sole and only purpose of sheilding. That is the other side of the
argument. Personally I think it is silly to give sheilding dice to a non
spellcasting character, even if the are magical. Sorcery and Astral
Perception would be the requirements I'd lay down before anyone got
sheilding if they were not a spellcaster. Hmmm, small problem with that is
that it rules out anyone besides phys adepts (enchanting adepts and conjuring
adepts can't get astral perception).

> Matt> Besides, I could believe that the Masking power would be something
> Matt> that you could learn to control.
>
> Many GM's allow masking if you also have astral perception. Otherwise you
> really don't have any feedback so you can't tell if you're doing it right
> or not.

Precisely. This is also what I tend to believe when it comes to sheilding
too. If you haven't seen spells from the astral, and/or haven't studied
sorcery, how the hell do you know how to block an incoming fireball?

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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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