Re: (TFT) Pentagrams and gates?

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 7:41 -0500 2/14/04, Peter von Kleinsmid wrote:
> Did Mark have some applications in mind?
>
> PvK

	Different parts of a castle, both protected by Permanent 
Pentagrams. I'd like the castle's defenders to be able to go from one 
to another without having to go outside the pentagram, so that e.g. 
messengers won't be magically waylaid while running their errands. 
It's not convenient to cover the distance with a whole row of 
permanent pentagrams. I could do that, I guess.

At 7:54 -0500 2/15/04, Ed Thorn wrote:
> But to answer the original question...  I would let a
> single mage, who is preparing both ends of the Gate,
> pre-emplace Pentagrams at both ends.  These Pents have
> to be specifically prepared to 'pass' the Gate, and
> the order of casting _must_ be: Pent, Pent, 1/2Gate,
> 1/2Gate.  Why?  Because if Pent, 1/2Gate, 1/2Gate the
> Gate 'pokes a hole' in the Pent, and if 1/2Gate, Pent,
> the Pent prevents the finishing of the Gate.

	I like this. In addition to making the castle work, it also 
makes (thaumaturgical and aesthetic) sense to me.

	I'm not looking forward to the day one of the pentagrams 
fails. The repair operation will be a mess.

but...

> Beleframortrix cast the 'other end of the Gate' spell,
> and stepped through, to wherever the first half of the
> spell had been cast.

	AW Pg. 16 (the SUMMON DEMON spell description) claims, 
"Demons will not cast spells while in our plane; they are highly 
magical, but don't use magic as we know it."
	Of course, maybe there's a demon equivalent of Gate that we 
just don't know about....
	But the above sequence restriction fixes this problem too.

At 7:54 -0500 2/15/04, Erol K. Bayburt added:
> My ruling would be that the Gate collapses instantly if one end is in an
> active Pentagram and the other isn't.

	I like that even better. Enhances security for the rest of the castle.

	All: Thanks!
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