Re: blue fields DAN'S INPUT WOULD BE NICE

[Greg Mowczko <mooch>]

Yes there was a ruling for a while that said the magic would leak out of
a blue field. That ruling was recinded just a little bit before blue fields
changed from type 1 into its next 2 incarnations.

							Greg

> From kris@cioe.com Thu Nov  5 08:54:10 1998
> From: "Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>
> To: <gmlist@cioe.com>
> Subject: Re: blue fields DAN'S INPUT WOULD BE NICE
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:53:29 -0500
>
> 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
>
> ----------
> > 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
> > > 
> > 
>