| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | Astral Bloodhounds (Re: Astral Defences) |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Sep 1999 03:42:08 EDT |
m0ng005e@*********.com writes:
> Another good way to ensure astral security is just to have a site that
> isn't WORTH surveiling astrally. Sure, the mage can find out the layout,
> but if all the work is done in th matrix, and you have good physical
> security, who cares? He can't even ID your workers, because he's only seen
> them astrally!
Oh really? I know it isn't used very often, but there is a certain character
we have who has a Barghest for a pet (nope, not Padre', he's now retired and
busier than ever). The Barghest "Billie" also converses with the Cat Shaman
and Cat Shaman's ally. Kind of like good friends and a dog. Just a dog with
bigger than normal teeth that can tear the hell out of an astral object.
Anyway, using spells ("Communicate with Billie" in this case, no, its' not a
joke), why couldn't you confer the information to another person (mage or
astral security 'entity') type, and have it keep track of things.
Case in point. Have a watcher go with a group of characters, and since the
magicians has done an "Astral Scouting" of the place, he makes 'notes' of the
magical security types, and the watcher's job is to point them out to the
guy/gal he is sitting on the shoulder of. (Psst, hey guy, see that bozo over
there, yeah, the one with the big head and attitude, he's a mage...).
Also, though I'm not sure, and I could be remembering incorrectly, Wards to
NOT have to be broken down to be broken into. Also, I don't locate anything
about a Ward being attacked is automatically noticed by the individual(s) who
cast it.
-K
