From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Invisible hermetic circles
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 1995 21:32:57 +0930

Gurth wrote:
>
> In that way you're still making a visible circle, and I was asking about
> whether it would be possible to _not_ draw a visible circle but still have
> one.

Use invisible ink! (Better not make it a fire elemental, though. Oops, most
invis inks are soluble. Hmm... Water elementals are out. And the incense
needed to get Air elementals might make it fade in, as well. Still, you can
summon Earth elementals, at least. :) )

On a more theoretical basis: if you can't see the stupid circle, how do you
know you've drawn it right? On the astral plane you can't really examine
the details. Add a lot to the TN of the test. For that matter, introduce a
test. I vote for a Magical Theory test, TN = DIAMETER of the circle (which
is 3 meters plus the force of the circle).

On a REALLY serious basis: a circle is a link back to you. Now, if you use
a real material, you can disperse it, breaking the link. If you only think
it into existance, how do you dispell it? Is it like sustaining a spell? Or
does the construct gain an astral life of it's own, and have to be
destroyed (treat as a Barrier to destroy it, perhaps?)

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