From:	Josh strago@***.com
Subject:	Manipulation Spells and Game Mechanics
Date:	Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:00:04 -0400

Gurth wrote:

> According to Gorbi, at 13:45 on 1 Sep 99, the word on
> 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?
>

I'm no physics major, and I have severe problems with quantum mechanics, but
isn't there a small (infinitesimal) chance that a thrown object will move UP and
not down? Magic *could* just control atoms and sub-atomic particles and thus
allow that infinitesimal chance to occur under whatever. I know that's not the
correct explanation, but it IS scientific. ;)

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