| From: | Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Spell Locks made 100% safe |
| Date: | Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:09:22 +1100 |
> Holding [spell locks] in your mouth has
> some distinct disadvantages, propable loss of centering skill or even
> all spellcasting ability (geasa?),
Maybe we'll have to try this idea; it seems pretty artificial, though.
I'm still hoping for something that follows from the magic system.
> use of triggering words etc. is impaired
> and last but not least communication is practically nonexistant.
Agreed.
> One could
> certainly overcome this obstacle by using locks and foci as fillings for his
> teeth, or even as whole teeth :)
Ye-ouch! I hadn't thought of that! <shudder> You're evil, dude. ;-)
And Stainless Steel Rat writes:
> Imagine the spell lock is a really bright light
> source (which is probably what it looks like in astral anyway).
A good analogy; I like this. (Except: there's no mention of spell
locks looking like this, and it seems weird to imagine that the initiate
Masking discipline would be able to conceal a 1000 watt light bulb.)
> Hold up a piece of paper in front of the light source; you can still
> see the light through the paper, assuming it's bright enough.
Er, yes. But a thin piece of aluminium would completely block the
light source. And a living body is more analogous to this. Living bodies
are not only opaque, they are impenetrable astral obstacles.
(Spells `penetrate' because the spell aura is `synchronised' to that
of the target.)
If a spell lock's aura can penetrate a living body, why couldn't an
astral mage also pass through?
Ah! Let's say that the spell lock is `synchronised' when it's bonded.
Because of that, it _can_ penetrate. (It wouldn't penetrate any other
living body, though, but that's ok - if you removed it to hide it inside
someone else, you'd lose the benefits anyway.)
And if we assume that a spell lock radiates for a metre, compared to,
say, 5cm for a normal human aura, then we don't have to worry about
problems like:
Sammie leans against door; mage inside sees aura penetrate
door, and casts spell at it.
I think that this explanation works.
luke
