Re: Blue Fields

["Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>]

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> From: Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>
> To: gmlist@ns1.cioe.com; mooch@ns1.cioe.com
> Subject: Re: Blue Fields
> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 1:32 PM
> 
> 
> Wow! This topic sucks. Any real answer creates some munchkin like
> abuses. Possibilities:
> 
> 1) You are relative to the universe (ie you don't move but your planet
and
>    solar system and galaxy all do. See Ya)
> 
> 2) You are relative to some thing that produces at least X gravity well
>    (ie your planet or maybe a large star ship... anyone ever tried this
>    aboard a boat sized space craft?)
> 
> 3) Your relative to whatever you were relative to when the blue field
>    was cast.
> 
> Blech. All of these have bad points. For playability reasons (1) is
> undesirable. Option 2 seems to be the most widely used and works great
> as long as your planet side (99.999% of the time). Option 3 would mean
> that you would stay moving with the boat when you got blue fielded and
> this has been done as well.

Umm not necessarily If you had to be relative to whatever you were
relative to when the blue field was cast this would also mean people and
other objects in the vicinity so basically nothing could move.  I.E. if
you were 5 feet above the boat in the center which also ment you were 3
feet to the left of John and 2 feet to the right of Suzie, 6 feet in
front of a Keg of ale etc.  None of these objects could change their
location relative to the blue field so only mass movement in the exact
same direction could be allowed (i.e. Suzie couldn't decide to go down
into the galley for a snack).  If by item 3 you ment relative to one
thing...How is that one thing chosen (biggest object in a blah foot
radius or what).


> My personal vote is for #3. But this does mean that if I'm carrying a
> creature and then blue field it, it does stay with me until its un
> blue-fielded... this could be used in munchkin manner.
> 
> 						-Steve
> 
> > This brings up a question. Why did the boat move out from around the
> > blue field? There is reason to say it happens but the reason has
failing
> > points. You take that spot out of time it doesn't move but it does.
> > Remember there is a relativity issue working here. If you blue field
and
> > don't remain relative to your immediate surroundings you would stay
while
> > your surroundings move simple. But the planet is also moving and I
don't
> > see blue fields shooting off into space. You stay relative to the
planet
> > you are on so why not to your immediate surroundings?
> >
> > Back with the old type-1 blue fields you could move them and they
stayed
> > relative to where you put them. They were indestructable but not
unmoveable.
> > Great party gag to blue field someone and then push them just off the
ship
> > and drop the spell. Splash.
> >
> > The only question is how is the relativity defined.
> > >
> > > Everyone more or less gets out OK, there is the FEEL of character
death,
> > > but no one got waxed.
> > >
> > > THAT'S the way drowning ought to be.
> > >
> > > -John
> >
> > Ahh the ememinant threat of death is good. The whole issue came up
with
> > the fact that some GMs made emanant threat become immediate fact.
> >
> > 						Greg
> >