From:	Sir Philos Nex <philos@****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Area Spells
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:38:47 -0400

George Metz wrote:
>
> They are not in LOS, therefore they are not affected. Your area effect
> spell just hit one person only.>>
> Anywho, to put the "proof" in the pudding, page 111 of Grimoire II says,
"A
> potential target outside of the casting character's sight, but within the
> area of the spell's effect cannot be affected by the spell. Because the
> target cannot be seen, it cannot be affected."
>
> Granted, the way I would've imagined it working was that the spell energy
> would manifest in an area of astral space and then "ground" out through any
> auras in the immediate vicinity. On the plus side, this would seem to make
> grounding a Hellblast through foci or projecting mages not work too well
> unless everyone's seen, or am I missing something?

But in the original example would that "not seen" cover a mob of people
or strands of wheat? The aura of a person extends out somewhat so even
though the crowd of people may prevent the mage to actually see target
A, the spell should still hit that person on the basis that his aura
still probably could be seen over the others. And even in a mix of
auras (like that of a crowd), each is distinct and should be seen
individually.

>
> Wolfstar(Putting on the asbestos undies....)

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Andrew Dominas
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