| From: | Loki <loki@*******.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Cybereyes for magicians |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Sep 1996 01:11:42 -0700 |
>
> >> 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?
I found the module I'd referred to earlier. Elven Fire (#7310) by Tom
Dowd and James Reichstadt. They give the stats for Midori Ino, an
oyabun's daughter. The describe her a blind but a powerful mage. the
sentence that follows says "She is assensing the runners astrally as
they walk by..."
@>-,--'--- Loki
CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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