From:	Matt Bond MBOND@******.demon.co.uk
Subject:	senses and magical targets
Date:	Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:17:07 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Florian Schaetz (Irian) [mailto:iryan@********.de]
> Sent: 06 October 2000 12:38
> To: shadowrn@*********.com
> Subject: Re: senses and magical targets
>
>
> > > > >On a note that's more likely to come up, could a troll or
> > > > dwarf mage (who
> > > > >would tend to think of infravision as a normal part of
> sight) zap
> > > > >somebody who was trying to hide behind something by the
> > > heat signature?
> > >
> > > In this case, I would say: No, because there's no direct
> > > sight-line to the
> > > target's aura....
> > >
> > > Irian
> >
> > I see. So aura's are hidden by warm air... No wonder villains always
> > plot their nefarious activities while in a sauna.
>
> ??? When you just see the heat signature (throug a
> paper-wall, for example),
> you can't "zap" him... Am I wrong or was the question, if you
> can "zap"
> someone, when you just see his body heat?
>
> Irian

Ahh, I see. I misread the earlier poster as saying

"can a dwarf or troll [who have natural infravision, and see heat as
naturally as humans see light] target someone who is hiding behind a
heat source."

whereas they were actually saying

"can a dwarf or troll [who have natural infravision, and see heat as
naturally as humans see light] target someone who is hidden, by 'seeing'
their [the targets] heat signature [through the obstruction to light]."

Matt