From:	Matt Hufstetler <gt2778a@*****.GATECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Mundanes vs spirits + anchoring q
Date:	Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:28:56 -0400

> Is there any way a mundane can fight a spirit besides rolling willpower to
> attack? Obviously, this is best done with a melee weapon, to avoid the
> immunity to normal weapons (I think trown and bow weapons might work, have to
> check), but there is no way that i know of to use your regular skill and
> combat pool. The only way I know to do that is with a magical attack (like a
> PA with killing hands or a weapon focus). Learning conjuring is not really
> worth the trouble, and doesnt provide a pool- increasing willpower would be
> about as easy.
> I was thinking of maybe using a weapon with a spell anchored to it (doh,
> those horible sustained damaging manipulations- what stops them from
> electrocuting/ burning/ freezing the user of the weapon, anyhow?).
> Could you use any old spell? Would just the fact that It had something
> anchored to it give it focus like effects? How much danger is a mundane
> carring an anchor in- the Grimthing just says that instant duration spells
> go off if defeated or dispelled, not that you can use an anchor to ground
> through (but the bit about bieng an astral beacon to spirits might be annoying)

I believe that attacking a spirit with something it is vulnerable to( IE,
getting special hollowpoint loads of Raid, and spraying the stuff on your
monoblade just before combat is effective for fighting the insects) will
allow you to use your normal skill instead of willpower, and also also get
rid of the immunity to normal weapons stuff. However, I'm gonna have to
research it, I don't remember where I believe I saw that in.

Matt 'Comatose Raspberry' Hufstetler
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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