From:	Michael & Linda Frankl mlfrankl@*****.msn.com
Subject:	Targetting with Anchoring
Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 1999 22:13:48 -0400

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...

--00DNA
"...user connection terminated."

Hmmm... since a detect enemies spell can detect thought (hostile), perhaps a
variant version of the spell could detect whom you we're feeling hostile
towards and use that as the trigger/targeting. However, be careful as this
could really wind up screwing you if you were to get into a heated argument
with someone that you didn't necessarily want to nuke (always the GM).

;)

Mike, aka Smilin' Jack