From:	Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject:	Re: [SR2] Dual Nature
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:57:41 -0800

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, The Digital Mage wrote:

> > > IMHO overcoming the foci's force is not necessary to ground out the spell,
> > > it merely indicates whether the foci is 'unbonded' in the process. But now
> > > The Digital Mage : mn3rge@****.ac.uk
>
> Well I admit overcoming the foci's rating is required to ground out, and
> in the process the foci becomes unbonded.
>
> For Dual Natured critters I'd do as was suggested by someone else use the
> critters' Essence or Magic (whichever is higher) instead of the foci's
> rating.
>
> However if overcoming the foci's rating unbonds it -what happens to a live
> critter? Maybe the tie between the astral aura and the physical body is
> strained and the critter feints, maybe nothing happens as the tie is too
> strong.

Simple, the critter takes the damage from the spell.

>
> The Digital Mage : mn3rge@****.ac.uk
> "So that which I imagine, is that which I believe" -Rush
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>

~Tim