From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Restricted Target Spells
Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:03:55 +0930

Damion Milliken wrote:
>
> Robert Watkins writes:
>
> > > > Then write a Melt Glass spell (with a restricted target: glass). I
> > > > don't see any problems with that...
> > >
> > > OK, now I want to design a "Turn Aeroplane Wall Invisible"
spell...
> >
> > [Nope, you can't]
>
[More "Nope you can't"]
> a larger entity (the whole building). Similarly with a "Melt Windows"
spell,
> the restricted target chosen (windows) is a portion of another entity
> entirely (the building), and so it cannot be done.

Yah, but the Melt Glass spell is still cool (Glass, not just windows, which
may not even be made of glass). Similarly, a "Shatter So-Called BulletProof
Glass" might be possible (so-called 'cause it's not glass), but you'd need
a different one for each type of polycarbonate that's used.

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