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From: "Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.COM>
Subject: Re: Metamagic
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 08:14:42 -0500 (CDT)
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Carsten Baermann wrote:

>
>
> > > >one, my ally enters wards physically, No watcher needs to be an astral
> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > Bzzt... your ally is a spirit with the manifest power. When a spirit
> > > manifests, it becomes a dual being. Dual beings (including perceiving
> > > mages) CAN NOT PASS THROUGH WARDS OR BARRIERS (unless they knock a hole
> > > through it, of course).
> >
> > Does that apply to active foci as well? And just what happens when your
> > mage is riding on an elevator, and someone has a ward cast across the
> > entrance?
>
> Awakenings throws a nice little rule in here: Foci make a success test
> against the Rating of the ward (I am not sure about the details), if they
> do not generate enough successes (spell locks probably will not with
> only one dice) they will get destroyed.
>

Forgot about that one... too bad... I think it would be cool to have a
mage get crushed against the elevator floor because his rating 2 power
focus boxer shorts won't go through the ward. =)



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