Re: blue fields

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

Interesting point.  I hadn't thought of that yet..but what happens if
part of the sum moves.  I mean if I do a spell that targets Jaeran (which
could be construed to target all the people plants and everything) what
happens if one of those parts disappear. Hmmm..

-Kris

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> From: Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
> To: Greg Mowczko <mooch@ns1.cioe.com>
> Cc: gmlist@cioe.com; zodo@laf.cioe.com
> Subject: Re: blue fields
> Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 1:25 PM
> 
> Given that an object has been defined as the sum of all of it's parts,
> wouldn't the ocean count as part of Jaern?
> 
> 
> Jevan
> 
> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Greg Mowczko wrote:
> 
> > > From: "Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>
> > >
> > > > summary of kris@cioe.com Thu Nov  5 08:24:45 1998
> > 	 [ If blue field a boat and the crew stays behind ] 
> > 
> > > Sean-Spew time again, boys and girls.
> > >
> > > I have two points to make.
> > >
> > > One: No matter what you do, somebody is going find one loop hole or
another
> > > and enpretzel the rules to their liking. It's a simple fact when
you are 
> > > dealing with a large group of intelligent, creative, and twisted
minds. There
> > > are two ways you can deal with this... You can keep watering down
the rules
> > > to the point where your game is indistinguishible from CandyLand,
or you
> > > can just cope with it. I've always been a proponent of the
principle of
> > > 'Anything the party can do, the Actors can do as well'. It makes
people 
> > > hesitant to go public with their new-found rules bend.
> > 
> > Always have to go with that. The problem is when your friends use
poison
> > and your enemies poison you.
> > 
> > > Two: If a blue field stays with a boat when you cast it, what keeps
people
> > > from using it to steal boats? People inside the Blue Fields are
still 
> > > immaterial, and therefore the pirates have 24 hours (at least) to
set up an
> > > ambush, with archers and firemages. It all boils down to Steve's
rule: If some
> > > one really wants you dead, you're dead. See my above note about
coping with
> > > it.
> > 
> > It is really hard to steal a boat when the helm has a blue field
around it.
> > You can't see out and some of the rigging might have been blue
fielded
> > with the crew. But yes you can probably set up an ambush to mow
everyone
> > down. Hey we do this on land already. Quickest way to fight 150
skeletons
> > is to set up 3 area of effect blue fields, drop one and fireball that
batch
> > and then go on to the next batch.
> > 
> > As for the that relativity thing I kind of like the once you get
within 5
> > feet of a stationary object you become relative there. On a boat you
stay
> > on the deck. If you were on a chair you stay relative to the deck.
While
> > the ship is not quite stationary it counts until a larger
"stationary"
> > object is nearby. If you remove/destroy that object the field should
just
> > stay where it is.
> > 							Greg
> > 
>