Immobile

["Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>]

Whoa. Two spews in one day from me. What's this world coming to?

As Steve stated, this whole mess boils down to the question of "What is
immobile?"

Here's a suggestion:

The parameters of most magickal effects are determined by the perception of
the caster. A large number of spells won't work if the subject is not in 
the caster's line of sight. None will work if they are too far from the caster.

Given that, I propose that immobility is defined by the perception of the
caster as well. To all appearances, the ground does not move. A boat, however,
does move. The argument may be made (and I expect it to be made, which is why
I attempt to refute it beforehand) that to the perception of the caster, the
boat is still, and the world is moving around him. This may be so, except 
that the caster KNOWS the boat is moving with respect to the world, not the
other way around.

Therefore, Blue Fields that are cast are immobile with respect to the ground,
or whatever other frame of reference there is, if there is no ground in 
perception. This final phrase allows for oddball situations like spaceships, 
and air pockets. If a space ship appears to not be moving, and the caster 
does not know it is moving, (an unwilling or unknowing passenger) the Blue
Field will stay with the ship. If the caster knows the ship is moving, then
the BF gets left behind, staying motionless with respect to the surrounding 
perceived environment (It moves with the galaxy, because the caster cannot
perceive the galaxy's movement). In an air pocket, the Blue Field would remain
stationary where it was cast, relative to the surroundings.
 
As always, people can always come up with loopholes, like Endwarfing yourself
small enough to fit in someone's pocket, and deferring spells on the pocket
lint therein and then timestopping them. In answer to these loopholes and
special cases, I refer you to yesterday's spew.

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