Re: drwoning/blue fields

[Wright Frazier <khelek>]

> 
> See? If we had a real ruling on this the answer would be clear. Using
> the gravity well (of planetary mass) theory if Jaern blows up you become
> afixed relative to the next planetary sized mass. Pretty simple. A good
> ruling means that you can answer such questions because every case gets
> covered.
> 
> Using my favored rule it would work thustly:
> 
> The blue field will move relative to whatever was moving it _if_
> that something is BIGGER than the target. This allows for some
> munchkinism but not too much and covers all of my favorite cases.
> If the object that it is bound to is destroyed it becomes relative
> to the next thing that was "carrying" it.
> 
> So... if you are on a lifeboat onboard a ship and get bluefielded 
> you stay with the ship (the lifeboat wasn't "carrying" you, the
> ship was).
> 
> If that ship gets exploaded then you become relative to the ocean.
> 
> If your in the lifeboat and being lowered over the side of the
> ship, you'd be relative to the lifeboat. If the lifeboat blew
> up before it was released from the ship you'd become relative to
> the ship... afterward you'd become relative to Jaern.
> 
> That said... the meta rule is:
> 
> You become relative to the most specific "free standing" (ob-modifier)
> object that is carrying you. 
> 
> This rule covers all of the above cases.
> 
> (that's larger than you? that clause would be useful for Tarzan
> and his vine, Greg and his skateboard, etc... unless it is desirable
> for Tarzan to become affixed to his vine? With the clause a mouse
> would stay with a skateboard, I wouldn't. Thats kind of inconsistent
> so maybe leave it off. In which case if a bird is on my shoulder
> and gets blue fielded he is bound to my shoulder. If you are sitting
> in a chair and get blue fielded, you are bound to that chair.)
> 
> This means that with a bit of forethought you can start moving
> blue fields around which for some reason was thought undesirable.
> 
> 						-Steve
> 
That arguement still allows for the thousands and thousands of defered
and blue fielded spell effects.  You row out to sea, get a nice deep
spot with no islands.  Water mage buddy(or you) hops into the sea and
enmasses himself(note this is using something like a long boat).  Then
since the enmassed person is the largest object and you just start defering
and blue fielding.

Or as per the last part of your example.  You don't even need to enmass
or go out to see.  Just Mr. Earthmage or Mr. Watermage gets a small ring
worm/flea/mite/fly ect... places it somewhere on his body that is normally
hidden by clothing, and defer the spell then Suspend time the animal.
Instant 1 shot for free magical item.  

That is why this is undesirable.

Wright