From:	Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.net.au>
Subject:	Re: FAB
Date:	Sat, 7 Sep 96 15:28:30 +1100

Thomas Deeny writes:
>With the FABnet covering the astral being example. The direct effect is the
>being's aura doesn't intersect the net's aura. The indirect effect of the
>net's aura being held in place is the physical component of the net appears
>to hang in the air. The astral being doesn't come into contact with the
>actual physical net. There is no direct effect on the net from the being.
>There is a direct effect on the net's aura.

Read Magister's comments in CS. Auras do interact and can repel each
other, but this force is far weaker than the gravitational attraction of
the net. If a net is dropped onto an astral being, the astral being is
forced out of the way in the opposite direction (the floor). If it can't
go through the floor for some reason (and FAB isn't the only possibility,
here.. it could be living earth), the astral being will be forced out of
a side. If THAT isn't possible (tricky, but doable), then the net
collapses to the ground, the auras undergo _forced_ intersaction,
metathesis, whatever that is, occurs, and the mage starts to endure pain
like you can not believe. And it can't even leave, astrally, as it hasn't
yet gone THROUGH the net. Only into it. (Hmmm... you may let them duck
away to the metaplanes. GM call)

If the aura interaction was as strong as all that, Thomas, then astral
beings would be able to catch falling people. From there, one proceeds
logically to astral beings being able to punch falling people. And from
THERE, one proceeds logically to astral beings being able to punch
non-falling people.

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