Re: blue fields DAN'S INPUT WOULD BE NICE

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

I know Dan used to rule that you couldn't use blue fields to keep
deferred spells longer than the standard length of defer.  He didn't say
why.  Does anyone remember?

-Kris

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> From: Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>
> To: Kris Ames <kris@cioe.com>
> Cc: gmlist@cioe.com
> Subject: Re: blue fields
> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 8:30 AM
> 
> 
> Is that better than every earth mage walking around with a few dozen
> defered halt times useable at will?
> 
> Wright
> 
> > Everyone,
> > 
> > If blue fields always stay stationary with respect to Jarean, I
guarantee
> > you someone will view this as a great opportunity to steal ships (I
blue
> > field the crew using the area affect spell while being careful not to
get
> > more than 50% of the boat) then the boat moves, the crew doesn't and
I
> > have a boat of my own.  Oh by the way  there is no resistance check
to
> > the halt time spell.  QED.
> > 
> > -Kris
> > 
> > ----------
> > > From: Sean L. McLane <zodo@laf.cioe.com>
> > > To: gmlist@ns1.cioe.com
> > > Subject: Re: blue fields
> > > Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 9:31 PM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > There's been a lot of talk about this back and forth (a LOT of
talk)
> > and to
> > > be honest, were this item brought up at a GM's meeting as a voting
item
> > to 
> > > propose a change to Dan, (That is still the way we do things, I
> > believe) I
> > > would tend to lean in favor of the third option, where the Blue
Field
> > stays
> > > with Jaern.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I know there has been all sorts of discussion about what would
> > happen 
> > > on a space ship, or an asteroid, but I would say that those
extremely
> > special
> > > cases don't hold very much weight. Adventures that leave Jaern, or
go
> > into
> > > alternate dimensions need pre-approval from Dan, and I imagine that
Dan
> > > would only allow such an adventure to be run by a responsible GM,
who
> > would
> > > be able to make an adjudication of that special case, were it to
come
> > up.
> > > As it stands, these situations are a miniscule minority.
> > > 
> > > That's my spew of the day. 
> > > 
> > > Thank you, Drive through.
> > > 
> > > Sean L. McLane    |     I will not be pushed, filed, stamped,
indexed,
> > > zodo@laf.cioe.com |         briefed, debriefed, or numbered.
> > >                                 My life is my own!
> > >                                         -The Prisoner
> > 
>