From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: One shot magic Items - Anchoring
Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 1995 23:49:50 +0930

Sebastian Vilstrup wrote:
>
> Do anyone disagree, go home and read the book and please tell me I'm
> wrong :)

You're both right and wrong... the caster can't aim the anchored spell, no.
So you can't say 'When this goes off, hit that guy over there.'. So...
Non-AOE Combat spells are right out. Area-of-effect spells are centered
on the item. That leaves projectile-like manipulations as uncovered. How to
treat these? Well, if it's like a grenade type thing, I'd say it goes off
at ground zero. The only one which is hard to spot is Spark, which shoots
out to the target. For this, I'd have the mage anchoring the spell
designate a direction, and have the person using the item try to line it
up...

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