| From: | Matthew Waddilove <m_waddilove@*******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Astral Magic) |
| Date: | Wed, 20 May 1998 03:08:32 PDT |
>
>At 09:41 AM 5/19/98 PDT, you wrote:
>
>>If a moon base was set up with enough of a biosphere to generate a
>>manasphere, Could you use this spell to get there?
>
>Just for sake of argument, let's assume that this spell that transforms
a
>person's body into a mana construct (so it is very similar to a common
>spell) can actually work. I don't think it can, but let's leave that
aside
>for now.
>
>And the answer is...
>
>It depends.
>
>The common perception/interpretation is that there is a vacuum or
absence
>of mana in space. So if you were to try this little stunt, I would
imagine
>that the spell/teleporting mage would be disrupted and the little bits
of
>mana would be scattered about the astral cosmos.
>
>Now if you were to subscribe to alternate concepts of mana, such as
>someones idea that mana is a form of solar radiation, then it might be
>possible.
>
>So it would appear highly likely that this spell could not teleport
someone
>to another planet or something.
>
>And didn't the original spell have a LOS requirement? If it did (and I
>can't recall), then that would autmatically eliminate this moon
teleport
>concept except perhaps for ritual magic (which gets around LOS, but
then
>requires a link).
>
>Nice way to sort of think sideways with the concept though.
>
Why would LOS automatically eliminate the moon teleport?
You could look at the moon through a HIGH power telescope(like the huge
one in california? that I can't remember what it's called with an
80inch? diameter that I read about in a book that I can't remember it's
name <Donk Donk Donk (hitting head on desk in an attempt to reboot
memory)>) or have I just misunderstood the LOS Rules.
-Matthew Waddilove
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