From:	Brian Moore <mooreb@****.FAC.COM>
Subject:	Re: Locking distant spells
Date:	Fri, 15 May 1998 17:33:40 -0400

MC23 <mc23@**********.COM> said:
>
> Once upon a time, Brian Moore wrote;
> >I'm looking for some opinions...
> >
> >My mage casts Invisibility on my buddy street sam and then locks the
> >spell with a spell lock. My mage deactivates the lock (and therefore
> >the spell) and carries around the lock. At a pre-arranged time, he
> >activates the lock, which should activate the invisibility spell.
>
> The Spell Lock would have to be on the Sammie. If the Spell Lock was
> removed then the lock would be broken.

I've always assume the same, but I don't recall anything that requires
or even implies this. But I haven't re-read the section on spell locks
recently, so I may have just forgotten.

> >Does it matter if my buddy street sam is halfway across town?
> >(IMHO, the lock has to be with the spell on the street sam.)
>
> The caster of the spell lock can activate/deactivate it at will. LOS
> would have been nice but they never said it was needed.

I'm probably going to require LOS as a house rule.

> >Where is the actual spell (for astral combat purposes)? Is it with
> >my mage, the lock, the street sam, or some place in between?
> >(IMHO, the spell is on the street sam.)
>
> Spell locks have to be attatched to the target.

Is this a rule (from where?), an opinion, or something else?

> >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?
>
> How does one wear a Panther Assualt Cannon? Spell locks have to be
> worn.

Come on, I expect better than that from you. :-) Most big weapons have
straps of some sort so they can be worn rather than carried by hand.
And why does the spell lock specifically have to be worn. I've always
assumed they could be carried in hands, pockets, or whatever.

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