[Rq-rules] Question about multicast

[Fred Vogel]

Hello All,

I am new to the list but ready to be active.  I am participating in a RQIII 
campaign that has been going on for 3 years now.  I have experience with 
several RPGs, but I fell in love with RQ when we started it.  OK...intro 
over...on to the subject.

I came across a scenario that got me thinking about stuff and I came up with 
a question in an RQIII sorcery magic context. Without elaborating on the 
scenario or the reason one would want to do this I would like to concentrate 
on the game mechanics and modeling philosophy involved in this.  I'm going 
to multi-spell 5 Sight Projections, each to go to a different destination to 
act as a sentry.

Normally, I say easy enough if you have the juice and the Free INT to pull 
it off.  The trick is that this is an active spell.  Can a character 
accomplish multi-spelling active spells?  Is this multi-spell one thing he 
is concentrating to keep up allowing him to monitor each simultaneously?  
Alternately, is he concentrating on keeping the single multicast spell up 
and able to only monitor one of the active sight projection spells at a 
time; basically having to strobe through them?  Or is he somehow trying to 
juggle 5 active spells that he has to make concentration rolls to maintain 
and use?

I am curious to know what thoughts you guys have concerning this scenario. I 
have an opinion but don't want to taint any answers so I will withhold it 
for now.  Also, I am open to answers that suggest that all 3 of my possible 
outcomes may be off base.

Fred