| From: | Faux Pas <fauxpas@******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: FAB |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Sep 1996 12:44:15 -0500 |
>Thomas Deeny writes:
[snip my stuff regarding aural interaction]
>Read Magister's comments in CS.
I have, and, like FASA says, we cannot take this information to be 100%
true. If this info was in the GM Information/Rules section, the info would
be 100% true for FASA's game system.
[snip bit about forced integration]
>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.
I still haven't seen any rule that mentions this forced integration.
To counter your falling body situation, let's look at the FAB Net on the
astral mage example [not again!] but instead of having the mage motionless
on the ground, say he's a few inches above the ground. I'd say that the net
is attracted by gravity (physical force) and is pulled by gravity towards
the Earth. The FAB's aura comes into contact with the mage's aura (astral).
Because of the attraction of gravity on the net, the net continues to
descend (the aura of the FAB descends, dragging the mage's aura with it).
When the mage's aura comes into contact with the Earth, the descent stops.
Taking this example and applying it to the falling body scenario, the astral
being is flying through a city when a mundane stockbroker jumps to his
death. The aura of the mundane hits the astral being and the being is
knocked down, falling towards the Earth. (Because the physical force of
gravity is stonger than the astral force generated by flying). During the
fall, the astral being should tumble out of the way to stay at altitude, or
the astral being would be pulled down by the descending aura of the jumper
(which is tied to the physical body of the jumper) and collide with the
Earth (non-magical) - when the being collides with the Earth, he will take
no damage. What happens to the jumper? If the astral being tumbles out of
the way, the jumper falls, hits the physical Earth, and takes damage. If
the astral being stays with the jumper, the sudden stop a few feet from the
Earth's surface will do the same amount of damage to him as actually hitting
the Earth.
It's the whole "some physical forces are stronger than astral forces" theory.
-Thomas Deeny
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