From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Air Elemental Confinement
Date:	Mon, 18 May 1998 09:32:01 EDT

In a message dated 5/18/98 1:16:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
mc23@**********.COM writes:

> "An air spirit may be confined by airtight seals in containers of
> remarkably small size; Vulnerability (Earth)."
>
> Notice that confined is not capitalized to signify that it is a
> special weakness. The confinement is nothing more than what is written.
> Once it is confined then it can no longer use its powers. Although I
> would suppose it could be Commanded to return to the Astral and then
> Commanded to Manifest again outside its confinement so I really can't
> give it much significance as a weakness.
> The disruption you are referring to is its Vulnerability which in an
> Air Spirit's case is Earth. That has nothing to do to its confinement
> restriction which is a separate weakness.
>
Interesting, after rereading the BBB (2nd Ed), Mc23 is correct here. I -do-
remember the confinement at one time being a true "Vulnerability" back in
First Ed though, as in it would cause disruption.

Using this analogy, IMO, a seal would have to have a rating equal to or
greater than the Air Elemental's Force in order to truly contain it, and thus
cause the Confinement Weakness to work completely.

-K