Subject[dq] Phantasm & re-align other colleges to Mind
From"=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ian__Wood_&_Ellen__Hume=A0&_Adara_Wood?="
DateSat, 16 Jun 2001 09:52:05 +1200
hi there


point the first

fyi, the first sentence of Phantasm has had a further clarifcation to:

"This spell creates an insubstantial, magical beast that must be targeted at
a particular victim which is either visible to the adept or located through
the spell of Telepathy."

This is not a change, but rather just repeating what is already in the
Telepathy spell.

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Point the second
two of the Mind spells that have been clarified recently (v1.5f3 - soon
to be 1.6) are also found in other colleges

Telekinesis is in E&E - clarified Mind TK has "Gross movement is automatic,
although fine movements require an MD check and should attract negative
modifiers for range."

Mind Cloak is also in Wiccan, which now differs from Mind college.

Apparently our rule conventions require spells of the same name to operate
in the same manner (have the same effects) - so we should either:
1    change the name of these spells (probably the mind college ones for
purely technial reasons (we are reprinting the college so why change three
colleges (er, ok, efficiency isn't part of bureaucratic culture...))
2    rejig the E&E TK and Wiccan Mind Cloak to equal the clarified Mind
versions.

simple task - meant to include it in the vote last week.

Also the conversion doco will be presentable soon.

cheers Ian


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SubjectRe: [dq] Phantasm & re-align other colleges to Mind
FromJim Arona
DateFri, 15 Jun 2001 15:27:17 +1200

Ian Wood & Ellen Hume & Adara Wood wrote:
> 
> hi there
> 
> point the first
> 
> fyi, the first sentence of Phantasm has had a further clarifcation to:
> 
> "This spell creates an insubstantial, magical beast that must be targeted at
> a particular victim which is either visible to the adept or located through
> the spell of Telepathy."
> 
> This is not a change, but rather just repeating what is already in the
> Telepathy spell.
> 
Cool

 Point the second
> two of the Mind spells that have been clarified recently (v1.5f3 - soon
> to be 1.6) are also found in other colleges
> 
> Telekinesis is in E&E - clarified Mind TK has "Gross movement is automatic,
> although fine movements require an MD check and should attract negative
> modifiers for range."
> 
> Mind Cloak is also in Wiccan, which now differs from Mind college.
> 
> Apparently our rule conventions require spells of the same name to operate
> in the same manner (have the same effects) - so we should either:
> 1    change the name of these spells (probably the mind college ones for
> purely technial reasons (we are reprinting the college so why change three
> colleges (er, ok, efficiency isn't part of bureaucratic culture...))
> 2    rejig the E&E TK and Wiccan Mind Cloak to equal the clarified Mind
> versions.
> 
> simple task - meant to include it in the vote last week.
> 
> Also the conversion doco will be presentable soon.
> 
> cheers Ian


I don't see a need to improve E&E telekinesis. Personally, I think that
E&E Telekinesis should be simply used for gross movement, whereas the
Mind College one should allow the use of some fine manipulation. Change
the E&E spell name to 'Wizard's Hand', or something.

If you want to change the name of the Mind College Mind Cloak spell, I
suggest Dream Shield.


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