From:	dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject:	Re: The Physical/Astral Affecting Debate
Date:	Mon, 9 Sep 1996 07:58:35 -0600 (MDT)

Robert Watkins wrote:
|
|>>Actually, FASA brings up this point in CorpSec. In the 'black' information
|>>posted on page 40, Dybbuk asks "if somebody astral can't move or pass
|>>through something with physical mass, how can an astral being travel through
|>>air filled with any bacteria?" His question is never answered in the
|>>'fictional electronic document' or the GM Info section. And according to
|>>the rules FASA has set up and because of the 'no two auras can intersect'
|>>rule, astral travel is impossible [!] because of this point.
|
|Think of it as forces... the aura interaction produces a WEAK force, that
|can move aside normal bacteria, but won't move aside heavier beings.

But, if you give a mage the ability to apply any force at all to the
physical world then you're going to have a munchkin have his astral mage
collide with a living person at top speed (assume Magic rating 6 equals
6000km/3 seconds [120,000 kph]) and that's going to affect the person,
which the rules say can't happen. It's easier to say that normal bacteria
don't have an aura. Be a humble GM and take the easy way out I say :)

-David

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