| From: | Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: MY Take (Binder's Look on Enchanting) |
| Date: | Sat, 16 May 1998 10:35:34 EDT |
responses are the ones between the parenthesis (.... )
Mike
> Hey, enchantments can be used by mundanes, and here is the only example I
can
> remember ...
>
> Hanna Uljanken (?!?) from Burning Bright had a Spell Locked (?) Increase
> Attribute (Charisma) spell on herself.
>
> So, the books do contradict themselves when saying a mundane can't use
magic
> items.
>
Well, you can do that in BBB. But the more realistic way of looking at it
is someone using a magic item on a mundane. She can't take it off, she
can't turn it on. In short, she has one big astral "kick me" sign on her
back.
(True, but she is using one, does that constitute use ?)
But she's awfully charming.
(Yup.)
Besides, isn't Burning bright a novel? I thought novels were allowed to
break the rules, since they aren't considered canon in terms of rules... or
am I thinking of a different game?
(If it was allowed by FASA then book is to be considered as canon.)
> I also believe that a mundane could benefit from a Conjuring Foci, in
that the
> dice they would gain could be used to defend themselves against any and
all
> spirit attacks on them.
>
But doesn't a mage have to be using it? I think the same would apply to a
spell focus. Sure, the mage can allocate X magic pool dice towards the
defense of his team mates, but you still have to have that mage.
(The Spirit Foci would be part of the person's aura and the extra dice would
be available to help defend themselves from spirit powers and the like. The
one thing about this foci is that it can not be turned off.)
> Using the Tool Laser cybereye option, though breadboarding it (getting
the
> kind used in laser welders and other industrial tools), he is going to be
> making a Lightsaber (almost).
>
> To do this he is going to have to redesign several things. First, the
> "length" of the beam is going to be variable, having a 10 stage choke,
with
> the standard length of the blade being 1m.
>
How do you choke a laser? Is this a magical effect?
(Nope, through changing the focal length of the laser, and the range of
effectiveness of the beam. Beyond the range for the damage, the thing is
basically an overcharged flashlight.)
> The recharge unit has in itself, an anchoring which activates when the
charge
> level of the battery is not high enough, via something clicking
physically on
> the recharge unit. The spell activated (an enchantment) is a Light spell
with
> Elemental Light thrown in for fun. And this this would recharge the
power
> packs for the Lightsaber.
>
Okay, this bit totally lost me... what is the point of the Light spell?
(Okay, I missed something in that paragraph - mea culpa - Suncell Power)
(The Light spell shines onto the Suncell, and the Suncell converts the light
into electricity to recharge the power packs.)
Mike
