| From: | cmpetro@*********.com cmpetro@*********.com |
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| Subject: | Spell Defense and Foci |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:48:56 -0500 |
<Snip spell defense Q> Something's not quite right here IIRC, but I'll leave
this one to someone with their books handy.
>A second problem arose during the evening about an anchored
>spell/focus. THe party was subjected to an attack by magic eating vines
>that attacked one characters quickened spell and another character had a
>reusable anchoring focus that had a spell within ready but not
>activated. The rule used was that the vines attacked and "ate the
>magic" and the anchoring focus was treated the same as any other foci
>and the vines attacked until it too was destroyed. The argument against
>this was that the anchoring focus without a spell was nolonger active
>and the vines should have, once they had ate the spell, ignored the
>focus - this was the result of a previous session where the character,
>with the focus, dispelled the spell in his anchoring focus so that he
>could pass a ward/ barrier without the focus being destroyed. His
>argument being that if no spell is stored ready for activation the
>anchoring focus is not active and therefore can pass through the ward
>without problems.
An anchored focus with no spell bonded to it is not magically active as per MitS
(p?? don't have it handy), and can I believe pass through a ward with no
problem. As to your "Magic eating vines"... Your creation, your call. If they
can only attack magic (ie the astral presence of an active focus or spell) then
I'd say an anchoring focus with no spell would not be a target as it has no
astral presence. An anchoring focus with a spell hopwever is dual-natured.
Hope this helps.
