Repost of Blue Field spewage

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

Pseudo-scientific treknological explanation of Blue Fields:

When someone is placed in a blue field, Time is not stopped, but rather they 
are taken out of the standard spacetime perceptual universe, and transported
through the fourth dimension (that of time) to another point in standard 
spacetime. The Blue Field that is perceived by observers still in the standard
spacetime is not actually a field, but rather an analog image of what is being
transported. The PFM (pure freaking magick) allows the image to stay locked 
with the frame of reference from which it was removed, to the point where
the subject of the spell effect is returned to normal space time. For the
effects that only last 24 hours, this is a set duration, or a specific move
through the fourth dimension. The effect that is permanent until revoked is
indefinite, moving the subject through the fourth dimension until the effect
can be dropped. The reason a revocation can be used on the image is because
the image is an inherent part of the spell effect, and the revocation stops
the effect, which is moving the subject through the fourth dimension. When
it is revoked, the subject suddenly drops back in to standard spacetime, with
the apparent effect of the 'blue field' dropping.

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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. These special cases are subject to
GM interpretation, but GMs should report how they adjudicated oddball things
like this, so that consistency can be maintained.


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