From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Speed is Life (Is it?) (fwd)
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 1995 13:22:36 +0100

> > > So remember, all you mages out there, always lock, quicken, elemental
> > > sustain, your exclusive spells!
> >
> > Locking is out of the question as its one hell of a health hazzard,
> > quickening is much too unwieldy and much too expensive (karmawise) for
> > my tastes. Using an elemental to sustain a spell however is a great idea.
>
> Would some-one care to elucidate on what they believe to be the
> necessary game mechanics for having an elemental sustain a spell over a
> period long enough to accomplish a run. Both of the mage characters within
> our campaign make use of quickened increase reflexes and increase
> reaction spells, (almost a necessity in order to both survive and be
> effective) and we're more than happy with it.

Well, if you dedicate an elemental to sustaining a spell it will sustain
it for a number of days equall to its force rating. With each day that
passes it will loose one force point. So in oreder for it to sustain it
for a reasonable amount of time, it has to be quite high force.

> I'd also like to hear your opinions as to what people feel to be
> the benefits of quickening versus anchoring are in this area (reflex
> enhancement).

Anchoring is the best, but it costs mondo karma. It gives you both
flexibility (you can turn it one/off) and strength (you can invest
karma to fortify it). Its only problem is that it costs mondo karma.

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