| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Question about Barriers |
| Date: | Mon, 25 May 1998 11:58:48 +0100 |
> This time the topic is regarding the Physical Barrier spell. Is it
> possible to cast a physical barrier in the "wall form factor," and then
> move that barrier around? I think what the player has in mind is
> dropping down an elevator shaft, and throwing a phsyical barrier
> up against the wall where the doors are and sliding his barrier
> down the wall as he decends in case the doors pop open and people with
> assault rifles are standing there.
We had a big discussion about this some months ago, brought up by me
asking opinions about a similar question. From that one, I can say the
opinions vary -- some people will agree with the above and allow the mage
to do what you describe, while others (like me) won't allow it.
My view on barrier spells is that they leave holes where obstacles are,
and if those obstacles are removed, the hole is instantly filled as far as
possible. IMHO the barrier can move with the caster, but only if there are
no obstacles blocking its path.
The barrier extends to its full size, even if that means it goes out of
LOS of the caster. In your example, the wall would probably extend out of
both sides of the elevator shaft, and so would stop descending with the
magician as soon as it encounters a floor outside the elevator shaft. The
caster would keep going down, though.
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