From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: New Clear Fishin' - (Hang on this is a long wild one!)
Date:	Sun, 11 May 1997 05:47:06 -0700

> Get a spell lock of 'heat metal' or 'ignite' and activate it and drop it into a
boiler system, then close the system and you've got a steam turbine with an unlimited
source of energy.

> Now, the interesting thing is that this solution is so easy, and unless
> there's a catch not in the rules, the human race now has an
> effectively unlimited source of energy.

Ahhh, if only. Unfortunately, spell locks only work with sustainable
spells, and Ignite is permanent (*and* the spell description is
confusing)... hmmm... there is Alter Temperature from Awakenings,
however.

I warrant, however, that there's a secret cabal (perhaps The Unseen
Hands, from Threats - FASA tried out that new invisible typeface on
them) that exists solely to destroy such things. Or perhaps a group
like the Anti-Prometheans, who promote the sentience of Hellhounds,
and feel that man was not meant to control fire, ever.

Y'gotta love it when magic breaks those darned Laws of Thermodynamics
and
the check bounces at Reality Bank....


-Matt