| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | fox special: when MetaBeings attack! |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 1999 18:27:33 EST |
blkadder@****.net writes:
>
> .....Magical illusions work just fine for the actors in simsense,
> but magic itself does not record [for a mage kinked for simsense]
> worth a hoot. Astral elements simply don't show up in an ASIST
> recording. A sim of a magician casting a spell may have some pretty
> neat sensations to it, but will not teach anyone how to go about
> casting a spell. It's the same problem that keeps popping up every
> time someone tries to make a skillsoft for magic. As far as ASIST is
> concerned, there ain't nothing going on.
> Sims involving magical plotlines always use special effects for
> astral sequences, because astral perception just don't show on the
> recording.
Okay, all of this taken for the rules they are currently, a question comes to
the front?
Why Not?
My reasoning behind this is simply, ASIST has to do with recording sensations
and translating them into a representable medium. It is recording an "event"
(such as the events that may actually be transpiring in astral space a
magician is viewing), it is recording the "perceptual sensations" of the
magician who is doing the perceiving.
Personally, humility aside, the reason for this is simply to create a "cut and
dry" ruling concerning magical/matrix interaction.
-K
