From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Magical Barriers
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:45:16 +0100

> >> > > I would like to make a barrier created by a blood mage,
> >> > > from use of blood magic. Not a personal barrier but a
> >> > > barrier the size of a small home (a barrier that would
> >> > > fit inside a circus big top tent).
>
> >> > So in order to make a barrier the size of a house you only
> >> > need more success/more force (I dont quite remember right now).
>
> >> Close, but no cigar. The size of the barrier is a dome (in this
> >> version, I don't think a wall would be right) with a radius of
> >> the magic rating of the casting magician.
>
> >Jani:
> > Thats why its so easy to get a barrier the size of a house up
> > and going.
>
> >> The only chance to alter the size of the barrier is to withhold
> >> dice from the success test.
>
> <snip jani's example>
>
> So if this was a Ritual Barrier the radius would be the combined
> radius Magic rating of the group?

No, but you would get their combined pool and that could give you
more meters.

> * that would easily make this a huge barrier...

Yes

> * would that also make this a more powerful barrier?
> (i.e. does it become a higer power barrier due to it being a
> ritual spell *adding the # of mages to the value*)

No the force of the barrier determines its strength, I think that
the force of the spell depends on the leader of the team. I am not
sure though, I'll have to look it up.

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