Re: meeting

[Greg Mowczko <mooch@ns1.cioe.com>]

> From: Jamie Westbrooks <shyryly@geocities.com>
>
> Wright Frazier wrote:
> > Teresium stuff is already in the book and dan posted the formula for it.
> > (weight in oz./rad in inches) * 12 = drain
> >
> > bludgeon and move-through I'm curious about though.
> >
> > Wright
>
> ====
> What's the UOM?  (unit of measure?)  drain per round? minute?

Round.

> Also, this just made me think...please make a general annoucement/errata
> (or consider such) that weights (especially in spells) equal force-pounds
> (or force units for whatever is listed) so that weight is a constant value in
> spells and not dependent on, say, gravity.

Depends on the spell. If you have a spell that is working on an amount of
material use the weight as a mass( renew object ). If it is a spell that is 
just dealing with weight as resistance ( thought move ) Earthforce works.

> I've seen (and admittedly been involved in) use of Earthforce to get around
> spell limitations...i.e. if something can be fully encompassed in the effected
> area of Earthforce, it will have little-to-no weight (for that specific aspect
> of the spell)...then spells which have weight effects in their formulae /
> limits are used to affect this 'weightless' item.
>
> The teresium formulae made me think of it...would teresium fail to work
> in zero gravity, or drain more quickly in a 2x field from an Earthforce?

Ummm no this is a matter of Mass.
>
> -Jamie
						Greg