From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	A Few Questions
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:12:29 +1000

Marc Renouf writes:
> > Umm... one problem: combat spells effect the people in the AOE
> at _casting_.
>
> Um, are you sure about this. If this were the case, what would be
> the point of anchoring a Combat spell?

Yep. Aura synchronisation takes place when you cast the spell.

And, in my mind, there isn't much point. You can do a bit with elemental
side effects, but damaging manipulations work better for that. About the
only thing I can see is something like a selective bomb, with a spell like
Urban Renewal... make the anchor on site, with a temporal trigger, and then
leave. 10 minutes later, the "bomb" goes off, destroying the building,
without the problem off having you underneath.

Or you could do a Mission: Impossible trick: have a chip that's got a
anchored spell designed to blow the chip up after being played. A genuine
"This message will self-destruct" artifact.

Limits exist. Creativity involves working within those limits.

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