On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:06:15 +0100, Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...> wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:53:44 -0400, "KYER, JEFFREY" <jeff.kyer_at_...>
>wrote:
>
>>> ...was later corrected by Roderick, who then said a circle was a
>>> necessity, sort of like creating the door before Spirit World travel
>>> opens it.
>
>>Ah, actaully, no. He did mention that you could do it without the
>>circle but it would be the equivalent of high-wire walking without a
>>net. I'll go and check the archive...
here's the quote from Roderick...
>I've just gotten off the phone with greg on this -
>
>> >> That's my main problem. Is the Circle a help, or just a necessary
>> >> minimum requirement?
>> >
>> >It's not even a minimum requirement - if you are a good enough shaman you
>> >can open a path to the spirit world without a circle
<small snip>
>I was wrong - it is a necessity, not *just* a protective circle. However, it
>doesn't augment anything - it just allows you to get past the barrier. You
>have to get a victory on "Draw Shamanic Circle" to get the pattern right,
>then use "Spirit World Travel" to actually use it to pass through the
>barrier. If you fail when drawing the Circle, you don't go anywhere (on a
>Complete failure, you may go to the wrong place instead, or think that it is
>all right but it is flawed and can let spirits through the protection, or
>even create a rip in the space-time contiuum - nasty narrators can dream up
>all sorts of fumbles for something like this!).
So, hat circle is needed. Luckily it's probably a simple Ability Check.
Wulf
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