From:	Justin Pinnow <vanyel@*******.NET>
Subject:	Re: Area Spells
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 1997 06:51:31 -0400

> From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 7:11 AM

> Justin Pinnow said on 13:15/29 Jul 97...

> > IMO, the +2 TN modifier should be applied for talking, because talking
is a
> > purely physical activity. However, it's not applied because you are
> > looking at the person you are talking to funny, but rather because you
have
> > a harder time putting the words and sentences together, because you are
> > primarily using your astral senses, not your physical ones.

> You can hear real (non-recorded) sounds in astral space, so you'd be able
> to hear yourself talking just fine. That way, it's not going to be more
> difficult to hold a conversation, IMHO...

You can only hear those sounds, IIRC, when you make yourself physically
present from the astral (I just *hate* saying "manifest" in this
case...it's so confusing). When purely astral, you only feel the emotions
of the sound, not the sound itself.

Besides, it's not just you having a hard time concentrating on focusing
your thoughts into sentences (which is part of the +2 TN modifier in this
case), but it's also being able to understand what's being said to you.
Holding a conversation is a purely physical activity, and thus should fall
under the +2 TN penalty, like all other mundane activities. It makes sense
to me that since your senses are in the astral at the moment (at least
primarily), that ANYTHING you do that is purely physical would be affected,
including talking. Besides, it's just cool to have to have TN modifiers
for holding a conversation sometimes. ;)

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Justin :)