From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Re: Re[2]: Karma Pool, Rerolling Failures.
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:36:32 GMT

Ferri Pagano writes
>
> %Another nice trick, it you can afford it, is to have a blade enchanted
> %with a slay insect spell. That way, even if you aren't magically active,
> %you still have a shot at harming those manifested bug spirits...:)
>
> Ok, I ignored this the first time but I think it's
> time to stamp this idea back into the ground before
> it grows into another 150+ mails thread :(.
> you CAN NOT do that, you can only anchor/quicken
> sustainable spells,
yes you can.
Quickening them won't do you much good, they won't last long enugh to
finish the job actually, but with anchoring instant spells are quite
easy you just need an activation link to set the off at the right
time, its the timing that gets hard.

> so no hellblast or death touch
> arrows or swords, sorry.
They are possible though generally rather tricky to implement.
Biggest problem fighting bugs with them is the true froms will just
destroy them astral before they manifest.

> [though I may allow that
> for items coming from magic richert times, such as
> excallibur and some such.]
> Ferri
>
Mark