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From: Edward Paul <doyle@******.edu>
Subject: Re: PhysAd equalizer?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 01:18:31 -1000
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Gurth wrote:

> > In the given example, the only way that the PhysAd should have been able
> > to bind the newly freed spirit is if the Shaman had made a quick Quest
> > (taking no time in the real world) and called out te true name. If the
> > Shaman was didn't do this then there would be no way that the PhysAd
> > could do anythin other than attack the spirit.
>
> I thought the shaman in the example was trying to bind a free spirit, not
> conjure a "new" one that happened to break free. So the shaman could have
> told the physad the true name, or maybe she heard it when the shaman used
> it to call the spirit, which would have given her the ability to use it to
> bind the spirit.

Thanks for clarifying that for me. The quest for the true name
happened days before the binding and it was shared between the other
members of the initiatory group.

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