| From: | Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: thermographic vision-question |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Feb 1999 16:24:46 -0500 |
At 02:31 PM 2/3/99 -0500, Marc Renouf wrote:
>> In SR1 and SRII the decscription for the Invisibility spell
specifically
>> stated that thermographic vision was not affected. In SR3, no such
mention
>> is made, so you can assume that with third edition rules, the spell
fools
>> everyone regardless of the way their eyes are built (which is only
>> logical, IMHO).
>
> Not necessarily. The way I've always had to rationalize the
>thermographic thing is that your body does not actively emit light,
and
>thus it is easy to fool someone into thinking you're not there. Your
body
>*does* actively emit heat, though, and disposing of this energy is
not
>feasible.
So, if you were GMing and I had a mage who cast an invisibility spell
on a firefly, what would happen?
Or on someone with a headband mounted flashlight?
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