From:	Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject:	More thoughts about clones and magic
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 22:15:12 -0400

Last night I posted an idea about a teleport spell using
clones, and that lead me to think about something else. You
can use DNA like a blood sample, skin, or hair as a ritual
link. Now what if the target of the ritual has a clone? Since
this clone's DNA is an exact replica of the target's, what
happens to the ritual spell? Does it affect the target, the
clone, or both simultaneously?

Let's say it's the latter (which is the result I am leaning
toward); consider this. Let's say a mage wants to take out a
large group of people in one fell swoop (like a rioting mob,
or an enemy army). Insert a group of clones (all alike) into
the mob at spaced intervals. The mage then casts a ritual into
the target; one of the clones, or the original. The spell will
ground out through all the clones. If an area effect physical
spell was cast, a very large area could be covered. The clones
would probably get wasted, but so would a lot of people in the
target area.
What do you think? Feasible, whacked-out, or just plain silly?

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