From:	Christian Werner <i21axray@*******.RZ.UNIBW-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Astral mage hit by a biker
Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 1997 13:40:18 +0200

> Appologizes if you see this twice.

> I'm fairly new to GMing but I had a problem come up last weekend
> that is just not covered and was wondering how other would
> handle it.

> A PC Mage manifested infront of a speeding go ganger. He was
> trying to get him to swerve and have an accident. The ganger
> failed his perception and drove right through the mage. Since
> the mage was astral nothing happened to the biker. What should
> have happened to the mage?

> The player thought since he was astral and could not effect the
> biker it would be as if the mage had no mass and was just
> bounced out of the way. I accepted that and to his surprised
> bounced him from the Barrens to the slopes of Mt. Reiner.

The Mage is not corporeal, so nothing happens to the Mage, the Biker drives
simply through him, like he were a ghost.

> It took him a while to figure out where he was and head back to
> the barrens to start searching for his body. You see his body
> was in the van following the biker. After checking the rules on
> finding your body, we figured that a watcher has a better chance
> of finding it than he did. So he summoned a watcher and followed
> it back to his body.

> My questions are:
> What should of happened to the mage hit by the biker?
See above
> Can a projecting mage summon a watcher?
Certainly
> What would you have done differently?
> Also can a projecting mage or shamon summon anything while
> projecting?
Certainly

> --
> Nigel westln@***.edu
> AKA C. Yossarrian, UPAC Projectionist
> AKA Lorden
> Speaking for myself, and no one else.




Ciao Christian