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From: pran r mukherjee <pran@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Munchin Mages (was: About...
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 04:16:10 -0400
On Thu, 23 Feb 1995, Sean Sheridan wrote:

> Just a quick comment about quickened spells Mr. Rat. A quickened spell
> CANNOT have a spell grounded through it. A quickened spell is a spell that
> self sustains. It has no material component that can ground through with
> a spell. Foci have the foci, anchored spells have the object they are
> anchored to, mages, percieving and projecting, have their bodies.
> In other words, say you have a mage who's casting heal. He's sustaining the
> spell over 10 rounds. You couldn't ground a spell through the sustained
> Heal spell. Or an invisibility spell. You could fight the spell, destroy
> or weaken it, but you couldn't Fireball the unfortunate mage and company
> from astral space unless he was open to it.
> Sean
>

One word to this: Bravo! (Ok, a couple more words...) It's all true.

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