Re: magic immunity

["Steven E. Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>]

> As Steve said WOW.

*grin*

> Joe the magic just makes nature happen when its not supposed to. The
> result
> of a fireball is physical the magic is only what directs it to blow up
> where it
> does. Its also the magic that makes the lightning bolt stay on course
> and hit
> the person at the end of the line but it is not the magic that hurts
> you that is
> electrical. Why else would drakos need resistance to fire if they had
> immunity
> to magic?

I believe 'trench' was the test case for this. Is it a magical hole or
is it a hole created by magic? It was ruled that you cannot revoke a
physical effect... you can revoke magic, you can resist magic... but its
physical effects are otherwise. If I use magic to drop a 10 ton weight
on your head does your resistance to magic let you not be crushed? Same
reasoning applies. If I use magic to create fire, will resistance to
magic keep you from being incinerated?

There are some gray areas. You can resist the magic that makes or powers
a physical effect, you can even revocate it... however the physical
affect yourself will get you. If someone "Rock Jet"'s you... you cannot
revocate the rocks... however you can revocate the spell that allows the
rocks to come into existance and be hurled at you. Thats legit. However
no magical resistance will help you.

> About the immaterial bit. Sure magic is what made the creature
immaterial but
> not all magic can make things immaterial so therefore not all magic
can affect
> the immaterial. Can you listen to FM radio on an AM receiver? The
signal was
> generated and turned into FM waves therefore your AM radio can't see
> the signal. Same applies to magic. If I took a radio wave jammer meant
to
> affect just certain frequencies it will only get those frequencies.

Hrm... magic can for the most part affect immaterial creatures. Today's
argument is "can a magically created, _PHYSICAL_ effect harm an
immaterial creature"? Plainly it cannot. You cannot affect the
immaterial with anything that is material. You'd need an immaterial
fireball to affect an immaterial creature. At extremely high levels if
immaterial, the creature is so out of phase with our existence that not
even magic can affect them, they likewise cannot affect our world...
even with magic. We can't see them, they can't see us, etc...

-Steve