From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Spell locks on cars ?
Date:	Wed, 26 Apr 1995 12:26:09 GMT

Jan-bart van Beek writes

> Mr. damion milliken wrote :
>
> Put a ward on your car. Or spell lock a Mana Barrier. Or assign elementals
> to defend the vehicle from astral intrusion.
>
have a look at the cost of wards, touch expensive.

> A spell lock ? How do you want to do that. Correct me if I'm wrong here
> but I thought spell locks could only be used be magician and in order to
> use them they need to have them on them. So you can't spell lock a mana
> barrier and then toss it in the trunk of your car, hoping it will really
> protect it from anything.
>
You can put spell locks on any living thing, not sure about cars
but you can certainly quicken a spell onto a car.

> Another question on spell locks.
> If I'm correct you can use a bonded spell lock to help you sustain a
> particular spell you cast. So you could for instance cast s Levitate
> spell, bond it to the lock and it's there for ever. You can then turn it
> off and on as often as you like. You could even empty it and cast another
> spell into it, again ofcourse paying the karma to bond the spell to it.
>
> OK, this is fairly simple with personal spells like armor, a barrier
> spell centered on yourself or a personalized levitation spell.
> But could you cast Increase Reflexes +3 on a friend of yours and then
> bond the spell to the lock, if so can you walk away from him or do you
> need to maintain line of sight.
>
The lock is put on him so no LOS problem, of course if your friend
gets caught the bad guys pick it up and have a link right back to you.
It also still counts against your int based active foci limit.
Solution is use quickening but and mundane who lets you put an astral
link on them they cannot defend is plain stupid.

> I remember a spell locked Control Thoughs from the NAN2 adventure.
> A shaman had made this thing and then put it onto a henchman magician of
> hers, making him extremely lawfull ofcourse. How did she do this ?
>
>
stuffed a spell lock on the guy with said spell in it, bingo.
>
> **** The Cornflake Killer Strikes again ****
>
Mark