From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: focus question
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 1995 08:48:52 GMT

Axel Strack writes

> Thanks to all who replied to my question !
>
> But there seem to be different opinions about the activation of weaponfoci.
> As far as i remember a weaponfocus is active as long as you wield it.
> Gary Carroll wrote that weaponfoci are activated / deactivated like other foci.
> As i don't have the grimthingy with me, would somebody mind and look it up ?
>
officailly and i think its the main book not grimoire you should be
looking in, a magician can turn off any focus he/she has bonded at
any time as a 'simple' action. The focus need not be in LOS on even
on their person, and this applies to ALL foci.

Weapon foci however are a real pain played this way as foci
atuomatically deactivate if taken from where they were placed, which
means by the book you can quickdraw (free action) your waepon focus
but it then takes a simple to turn (no point turning it on till you
are) on meaning you spend a whole action just drawing weapon. Most
GM's (as far as i know) therefore rule weapon foci as on 'while held'
and off while not, ie making the activation part of 'i grab my ....'
though you can specifically turn them off while holding them (eg want
sword out to worry mundanes but don't want astral link', after all
the ganger just sees 'katana' and has no idea if its a focus or not.

hope this clears it up, as to GM's on the list i don't know but
unless proven otherwise i assume this is how you do it.

Mark
> Thanks in advance Kid Flash
> strack@*******.tu-freiberg.de
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