| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Coffee beans vs. astral perception |
| Date: | Sat, 16 May 1998 11:30:50 +0100 |
> If I recall Biology 101 correctly, 99.99..% of a seed is just "food" for
> the germination process, i.e. until the plant extends roots and gets a
> couple of leaves to start photosynthesis. IMO the only "alive" part of the
> seed would be the genetic material contained in the seed and that's
> microscopic. So even a 50 pound bag of coffee beans wouldn't provide much
> astral protection for a smuggler.
There is a problem with using current science when it comes to SR magic --
namely, that the two don't fit together. I could also say that to cast
spells at (meta)humans, the Object Resistance Table should be used to
determine the TN, because humans are made from all kinds of different,
naturally-occurring substances. This would definitely give me a break when
casting Power Bolt at a troll, but that's munchkinous :)
Whether a seed is alive or not would have to be determined _magically_,
not scientifically. According to science, the seed is mostly just food,
and thus not alive. However, since a plant will grow out of it, is it dead
according to magic, too?
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