From:	Ian White <dernhelm@*****.COM.AU>
Subject:	Re: Area Spells
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 1997 03:57:50 -0400

At 01:07 28/07/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's another "thought experiment":
>
>A magician casts a physical area-of-effect spell
>at a point in the middle of a wheat field. Does it
>only effect the wheat stalks towards the front that
>he can see well, does it effect a nice neat circle
>in the crop, or does it effect a few dozen or so
>stalks that happen to be the ones his mind
>"noticed"? Substitute a crowd in a passing
>subway car if you think a field of wheat is too
>boring...
>
>Double-Domed Mike


Personnally i'd say a nice little circle, becase s/he only needs to see a
point to target the spell on, the rest is a physical result of the spell.


Caught and trapped like a fox in the forest
Or a murderer in prison.
Yet what crime had I committed?
To be human in this world?
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