| From: | Jamz Jamz@*********.Net |
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| Subject: | Armor on the Astral Plane... |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:29:30 -0500 |
> :> astral. Dragons, certainly, but also insect spirits or any other
creature
> :> with natural armor. Armor that comes from Immunity to Normal Weapons
> power
> :> would not work on the astral plane. Well, it might work (who knows?),
but
> :> they'll never get attacked with a normal weapon from the astral plane,
so
> :> it's easiest to say it doesn't work there.
> :
> :So, in the case of True Form Bug Spirits, they're actually stronger once
> :they materialize? In effect, a PhysAd's best chance to hurt it with
> killing
> :hands would be when it's Astral only and before it materializes?
>
> Yes, if he can reach the astral form, that's a good move. That is
true
> for MANY spirits- manifest fire elementals have "flame aura", but thats no
> probelm when they are purely astral. The physad would need astral
> perception to do so, of course.
> It is odd that a Bug fights against an astral mage more effectively
> after manifesting- but if it did so, the mage could just back out of reach
> and blast it with spells.
I can see that it can get many benifits from materializing all of which
helps the spirit from being killed while on the physical plane. It's just
that spirits hate materializing and would rather stay on the astral plane. I
always believed that spirits where more powerful or it was more dangerous to
fight them on the astral plane and couldn't see why they would get added
benifits (on the astral side) when materializing.
I guess one way of looking at it is that the materialized essense on the
physical plane enshroud the astral form giving it protection while it's
astral self is bound and limited to the physical form it created??
I guess it's not so much of a rules question but more of a way of
thinking, trying to keep all the magic rules in a consistant theme of
thought...
Peace,
Jamz@*********.net
http://www.comnetcom.net/~jamz
