| From: | Steadfast laughingman@*******.de |
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| Subject: | Targetting with Anchoring |
| Date: | Thu, 08 Jul 1999 02:15:40 +0200 |
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> Well, I know how that works, but that's not what I'm going after. I'm
> thinking of a wand that hold powerbolt or some other combat spell that can
> be used when the user wants it to (hence requiring a trigger). Your
> example is similar to the Detect Bullet and Bullet Barrier Combination...I
> don't want an automatic thing at all...in a different section it says that
> if you want the spell to target Anything besides the focus or the user then
> you still have to include a detection spell. And it doesn't say how it's
> used in that case...I mean not as an automatic detection. I picked Detect
> Elf because the book uses either Detect Elf or Detect Ork as an example.
> What I was really thinking is Detect Life...if indeed the Detection spell
> in this case is just target validation and not target acquisition.
> And besides...Detect Enemy...what if this is not for an Enemy...
<grmbl, snip 2.4 mp useless intel made, grmbl>
Damn, I hate it than I do such things. Why have the Gods/Totems/Lawyers of
Magic done this section about "Using an Anchoring Focus"?
Hurg, even more food for thought, they say in the example of the Magic Bomb
that the spell goes of with the focus as the center of the fireball. Does
that mean a Lightning Bolt would simply target the wand and zap IT if a
valid target comes into range? If so, I would say the wand is A) extremly
expensive and B) extremly unusefull. Hope my english betrays me here.
If it is valid to do the "Detect Life" than "Power Bolt" it, than you
have
your wand, as the user can actively surpress the spell if he touches it and
does not want the spell to go off. Well after that we can assume that the
user of the Anchored Focus will only allow the Lighnting Bolt to go of, if
the Target is his intended one.
Keep it simple, the User only has one try, after that he better uses other
means of subtility.
But the magic potions are truly nice, yes I like them. So if this Fantasy
genre typicall thing can be done in SR than there must be a way to do a
simple Lightning Wand, doesn't it? Well, one that can only be used once per
Combat, but it can be the edge. But how? Any ideas there other than the
afforementioned and are they legit than?
BTW for anyone who wants to hunt for infos, the part saying that you need a
detection spell is on MITS, page 71, 1st column, "Using an Anchoring Focus"
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