Re: Question

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> Question...mutates has been a bit of a mental issue of mine for
> the past few days, and its raised a few doubts in my mind about
> the spell.  First its always been easier to destroy than create,
> so using mutate to remove limbs, remove the mouth, etc...  My
> question, on all these creations and additions, how does the water mage
> know what to change?  Does the magic handle the somantics?  

Yep. Pure F'in Magic. Thats what a fantasy game is all about. Or so
the tech detractors tell me.

> Does the magic provide the necesary skeletal attachments for a new
> limb?  Does is provide the reinforments to other joints for the sudden
> shift in center of gravity, also does it provide the ingrained knowledge
> of how to walk now that their body is fundamentally different?  

Again... yeah.

> Or does it take the mage knowing something of the basic human(oid) form
> to make the changes?  When someone gets their reflexes boosted for
> quickness, how does the magician know what to boost?  Does he make
> the goo between neurons transmit faster(the main slowing point)?

The side affects of such mutations are also up to the magic (ie GM).
If the adventurer has the requisite skills and makes some rolls he can
probably provide a better, cleaner and more efficient mutate. That is,
afterall, what seperates the artists from the dabblers.

						-Steve