From:	Gary Carroll <gary@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Spirit combat
Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 1995 15:28:01 -0700

>>Gary C.:
<snip section about bows>
>Cobra:
>Bows and arrows suffer the same rules because they are
>not melee weapons. Melee weapons are the only one capable to be
>a bridge between the user and the spirit. A throwing or projectile
>weapon doesn't touch in a same time the user and the spirit. A
>cybergun doesn't allow hitting a spirit without its immunity,
>instead of the fact that gun is an extention of the one who carries
>it, because bullets are not touched by the gun at the time of
>impact. That means you can skip the spirit's armor by firing your
>weapon on its chest (because in this case, there's a bridge).

Gary:
That's correct that cyber-guns don't allow it. But that's because
it is a GUN :) - Guns use gunpowder to propell a piece of metal,
The damage you do to the spirit is due to your willpower thinking
it will do damage. When using a mele-weapon you are allowed you
actual weapon skill (of dice) to do damage, because of the phycical
emotion involved in doing a blow by blow action with this creature.
When using a bow (excluding crossbows) or projectile (knife,shirken)
you are also allowed your skill because again your physical emotion
and your life force (theoretically) is behind the blow. (in this
sense a grenade would do the damage of hurled a stone (if it hit)
and the explosion would do absolutely nothing.)

And no way would I allow a bullet to avoid a spirits armor if you
fire on it's chest, that's silly. :) The spirit force x 2 = armor
has nothing to do with getting past their actual skin, or simply
touching them. It's their resistance to non-living, non-magical
interaction.

Thanks
Gary C.