From:	"Faux Pas (Thomas)" <thomas@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Initiates and a <possibly> sore subject
Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:12:56 -0600

On 02:56 PM 4/1/97 -0800, Brett Barksdale screamed at the world:
>Now, as far as the other metamagical abilities w/ regard to non-initiates,
>what exactly is there to discuss? Non-initiates can't DO metamagic - by
>definition. So, you're stuck with discussing: what can they do against
>another person's metamagic? This, too, is pretty cut-and-dry (as far
>as the SRII rules go).

>Masking: I can't remember? Can non-initiates see thru a mask? At any rate,
> it's a real cut-and-dry procedure - not really worthy of a lot of
> discussion.

Non-initiates can't see through a mask according to the Grimoire. Only
Level 0 initiates and higher can try to see through one. But a question is
- if the initiate is knocked out, is the mask dropped? This is something
that came up in the middle of an encounter last weekend*, and my quick
ruling was yes, a non-initiate will be able to see the k.o.ed mage's real
aura. The only problem was the Grimmy didn't specifically say that (or it
did, and I just missed it.)

*I guess Bill now knows a bit more about the woman Hong Lang and
Queensryche captured.



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