[Rq-rules] Question about sorcery

[Hibbs, Phil]

Clive Wickens:
>Now what happens if the person with the sword heads off
>on a round the world trip leaving the sorcerer behind ?

>Here's the big question: this would also apply to
>spells with a negative or unwanted effect as well ?

I raised this question with Sandy, and one idea that I suggested was that
some spells should have their range measured from the caster (and so drop
when the spell target goes out of range), and other spells should have their
range measured from the target, so the effect goes with them when they
travel. Another idea would be for active spells (such as dominate) to become
passive (and therefore their effects be suppressed) when they go out of
range, and passive spells (such as damage boosting) should just keep on
working.

If you dominate a creature with a range of 100m, you should not be able to
instruct it to go to another city and kill someone.

As to whether you could use spells as a form of communicaton is another
matter - "I'll cast a one point spell on this stick, you dispel it if you
need me to come and help you", for instance. Does the caster immediately
know that a point of presence has been freed up? I don't think so, not
instantly anyway.

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Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham
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