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From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: questions?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 20:43:08 +0930
Damion Milliken wrote:
> On page 133 SRII, under the Restricted Use Spells, we have:
>
> "When casting an exclusive spell, the magician cannot sustain or cast any
> other spells in the same action. When sustaining an exclusive spell, the
> magician cannot cast any other spells or use another magical skill."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Making a spell lock isn't a magical skill? Then why can't mundanes do it?

> Hence the magician who uses a spell lock to keep an exclusive spell going is
> no longer sustaining the spell, and therefore no longer affected by the
> restrictions of exclusive spells.

Sure, but he can't make the spell lock in the first place. Or quicken it,
or anchor it, etc, etc.

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