| From: | losthalo <losthalo@********.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: An Opposing View (Re: SR3 Magic Terms) |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Dec 1997 13:39:30 -0500 |
>Okay, I get the point, but what if the mage in an attempt to lower the drain
>code makes the spell a single target spell ... the spell is flung at the
>target and suddenly, on a 'subconscious' level discovers that there are two
>people with the same aura ... can you say the spell is going to be confused
>beyond all hell ...
The spell still knows 'where' the target is, since the magician did,
consciously. "The guy on the left" isn't too complicated. Now, if they're
doing a shell-game routine while he's casting, say... and both look the
same in the physical as well as the astral...
>Has anyone considered applying some of the options mentioned in, say the VR2,
>applying the programming options and intelligence options to spells ? It is
>entirely possible to have a smart spell that coould be cast and then goes off
>into merry wonderland and then finds a suitable target and then roasts the
>frag out of it (or delevers a message or something similar) ...
>
>How does that idea sound ? And I know that some of you will throw a hissy
fit
>anyway .. but I am going to post something more definite on this subject soon
Spells that go out and hunt for targets... That idea doesn't sound like it
contradicts SR's magic system to you? Sure, okay, it creates a spell
construct, similar to a barrier (maintained as long as the spell is
sustained, that is), that does certain things (e.g. Hunt and kill Elfs).
The problem, I think, is complexity. Simulating decent intelligence and
skills within the package of a spell is going to be pretty harsh on drain,
I think. This might work more as ritual magic, where the drain on the
magician(s) involved can be spread out, and more mana can be channeled into
the effect... You're basically mimicking a spirit with a spell. I recall
there being mentioned, I think in the 1st ed Grimoire, a debate in the SR
world on whether spirits were alive or merely magical constructs formatted
as magicians expected them to appear.
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