[ArM5] The magic spoon thingy (was: intro & a couple of questions)

[Shane Mclean]

From: "Erik Dahl" <eriktdahl at yahoo.com>
> I've been considering a suggestion: the idea that all of my own spells
> automatically pass through my Parma, just like those with Range: Personal
> do. This has many other ramifications, but it addresses the basic problem
of
> simple spells altering some insignificant aspect of an incoming object,
> because those objects would not be resisted. It would also make me more
> vulnerable to magic items I created that are used against me, and would
mean
> that I need to be far enough away from the target of my BoAF spells and
the
> like so that I don't get caught in the blast, but that seems to be
standard
> practice.

This make sense in a magical theory sense too if you look at it from the
point of view that any non-personal spell you cast has to be able to pass
out through your parma*, then it makes sense it could also pass back in. If
you wanted it to be resistable by your own parma you would then have to beat
your own parma just to succesfully cast it.

*= some of the examples state the resisted thing parts just in front of the
maga, so it is not ureasonable IMHO to assume it is kind of like a bubble,
and so your spells havr to synchronise with it to pass through.


Shane