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From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: Cybereyes for magicians
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:42:27 -0500 (EST)
>> Very simply, a magician with low-light goggles on cannot cast spells. LL
>> works by electronically amplifying the available light and projecting the
>> image on a display screen in front of your eye => an electronic image not
>> fit for spellcasting. FoF mentions there are optical low-light devices,
>> but they're the size of telescopes, and definitely *not* portable.

>Unless the mage uses cybereyes, who send the modified image directly
>through the eye-nerves. I still wonder how someone with cybereyes
>uses Astral Perception.

This has been explained by the fact that the mage "purchased" the mods with
essence, effectively making them part of his body.
Astral perception is more an aspect of the Will and the Brain anyway, rather
than the eyes.
Hmmm, I wonder could a blind mage still astrally perceive?


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