From:	Brian Moore <mooreb@****.FAC.COM>
Subject:	Re: Locking distant spells
Date:	Fri, 15 May 1998 17:21:37 -0400

"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM> said:
> > From: Brian Moore <mooreb@****.FAC.COM>
> > ...
> > P.S. I do remember the FASA module where a shaman locks spells on 4
> > people. I believe the locks stay with those people in the module.
>
> Don't know which module that is... Was it four different locks?

I believe so.

> > P.P.S. Can you get a Panther Assault Cannon through a metal detector
> > by enchanting it to be a Spell Lock and activating it? By the rules, it
> > disappears from the physical world when active. (IMHO, that's a very
> > stupid rule. Does anyone use it?) How about a Panzer? How about
> > the Renraku Arcology?
>
> Hmm... I hadn't thought of that. I don't know how enchanting rules work,
> and I don't have the Grimmy here with me. Off hand I'd rule that the PAC
> is inherently unsuitable for enchantment. Both because of its size and the
> industrially processed nature of its materials. If generous, I say it
> would have to be taken apart, ritually treated in order for it to be
> enchanted (kinda like the car they give as an example as a focus), and that
> using it at as a weapon would disrupt the enchantment upon it.

Sounds like house rules to me. I fairly sure there are no restrictions
on what a mage uses as the "material basis" for a focus. You just get
bonuses if you use a "virgin talesma" (natural pure item gathered by the
enchanter) or "handmade talesma". Metal weapons are common Weapon Foci,
and they are fairly well processed (though some may be handmade).

> And even if it gets past the metal detector, it may not get past the
> assensing mage.

Magic security can't be everywhere.

> Same with the Panzer and the Renraku Arcology. They're big, and you would
> have to disassemble and purify each bit even if you were to do it. I think
> a good ruling would be to just have a size limitation on spell locks,
> perhaps even upping the cost to bind a spell to it.

I agree that there should be a reasonable size limit, but there isn't.

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