Re: Re: (TFT) orbs

[Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>]

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>>>>That's one way to look at it.  IMC only the passage of a living 
>>>>creature will activate a gate. 

>From AW:39 - "Note, though, that some Gates will only pass living beings
(with or without their clothing), so a pole or torch thrown through a door
does not PROVE there's no gate."

Well this seems to indicate that that "some" Gates will pass non-living
things, so presumuable this is part of the "ANY rules" a wizard can set up.



> You can set up ANY rules you want when you create the gate. 
>>>>Well, you can put any LIMIT on it that you want. 

Well the whole sentance is "When a wizard begins to create a gate, he can
make it follow ANY rule he likes as to when and how it will function." 

Which doesn't sound like way of "limiting" the gate.

>>>> That doesn't 
>>>>mean there aren't any restrictions on the basic capability of
>>>>the spell.  For instance, you couldn't define a 'rule' that
>>>>a person going through arrives at a randomly selected gate,
>>>>(or one they select by speaking a word as they go through).

Why not? Of course, a GM could reasonably say that this violates the
"Wishing-for-Wishes" law, but basically I dont see anything about the Gate
spell that *prevents* this from happening. This is where the power of GM's
fiat comes in. 

>>>>> If you can create it so that it only activates when something 
>>>>> living comes through AND you can stick your head through the 
>>>>> gate and pull it back...
>>>>>>>>See, I wouldn't allow that.  To me, something either goes 
>>>>>>>>through or it doesn't--no sticking-just-your-head-through 
>>>>>>>>stuff.  But again, that's my campaign, far be it from me 
>>>>>>>>to tell anyone else how to run theirs.

Sure, you could also modify the way Gates work for your own campaign, but
as the rules currently exist it does say "...you can strick your head
through. Conditions on the other side permitting, you /will/ be able to
pull it back."

>>>>>>>>Well, so far as the orbs are concerned, even if you allow
>>>>>>>>this much flexiblity with gate spells the orbs represent
>>>>>>>>something new: a mobile gate.  

Sounds like a good new spell!

Michael 
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