| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | Manipulation Spells and Game Mechanics |
| Date: | Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:21:57 +0200 |
the street was...
> Okay, let's assume all the spells work like the Petrify power (without the
> loss of consciousness).
> But my question remains: Why do the targets of the spells don't die? The
> heart has stopped, the brain doesn't get oxygen and so on. Hey, the target
> doesn't een HAVE a heart or a brain.
So it can't stop -- problem solved :)
> The astral space and the matrix show us that a person can exist outside
> the body. But WITHOUT the body? Can anybody give me an explanation
> except "Well, don't as, it's magic."
You see, that's exactly the problem -- "it's magic" is the only answer
that will work. Applying physics or chemistry to Shadowrun spells simply
doesn't work in about 99% of all cases, because magic doesn't stick to the
rules of science. If it did, how do you explain Levitate, or Flamethrower?
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