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[Caleb Chitwood]

As far as what magical means are "appropriate"... I can't think of any off
of the top of my head. However, I think that the trait internal compass
from skills and powers would give a character a chance of navigating the
barrier... probably not a terrible good one, but a chance.

Caleb

[Solmyr]

>What "appropriate" means is not defined. Presumably something having to
>do with divination and/or travel, but not all of them. For example, I
>think Dimension Door would not work -- rather, the desired direction and
>distance of travel would bounce off the Warding barrier.
> Does anyone else have ideas on "appropriate"?
>
Teleport, various plane shifts, ethereal or astral travel...

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[DKEvermore@aol.co]

In a message dated 98-07-01 15:41:38 EDT, you write:

> The Warding spell description on BoM 115 reads: "A wizard or
> priest with appropriate spells or magical items has a 50% chance of
> successfully leading up to one person per level through the mist."
> What "appropriate" means is not defined. Presumably something having to
> do with divination and/or travel, but not all of them. For example, I
> think Dimension Door would not work -- rather, the desired direction and
> distance of travel would bounce off the Warding barrier.
> Does anyone else have ideas on "appropriate"?
>
> --Ryan
>
Yup. I let a Druid get past a warding (herself only) once when she found a
ley line (detect magic) and was able to make slow progress by casting it,
staying put when the duration ran out, etc. It took her many days to make it
half-way into the province, and did get lost anyway once or twice.

A month later the resident wizard corrected the problem by casting Mask Ley
Line (I think that was the name, pretty low level but EFFECTIVE spell). The
PCs were then pretty much hosed until the second solution was discovered.

I determined that this particular Ward, because of who was casting it (an Elf)
did not affect wildlife. One PC Magician had a familiar and it was able to
lead them. He he he the fact that it led them straight into an ambush is
beside the fact. Hey, it was just an animal doing it's best, right? ::evil
chuckle::

There you have it. One, maybe two ways in. You gotta be inventive in my
game...

- -DKE

[prtr02@scorpion.nspco.co]

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The Warding spell description on BoM 115 reads: "A wizard or
> priest with appropriate spells or magical items has a 50% chance of
> successfully leading up to one person per level through the mist."
> What "appropriate" means is not defined. Presumably something having to
> do with divination and/or travel, but not all of them. For example, I
> think Dimension Door would not work -- rather, the desired direction and
> distance of travel would bounce off the Warding barrier.
> Does anyone else have ideas on "appropriate"?
>
> --Ryan
>
Yup. I let a Druid get past a warding (herself only) once when she found a
ley line (detect magic) and was able to make slow progress by casting it,
staying put when the duration ran out, etc. It took her many days to make it
half-way into the province, and did get lost anyway once or twice.

A month later the resident wizard corrected the problem by casting Mask Ley
Line (I think that was the name, pretty low level but EFFECTIVE spell). The
PCs were then pretty much hosed until the second solution was discovered.

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I'd say DK is pretty generous. I wouldn't let realm magic be subverted by a
level 1 spell. I was under the impression that ley lines couldn't be detected
by anything but realm magic (or the ring of ley detection). That's the reason
for realm spells like detect ley line and trace ley line. A ley line is part
of the land, too much so for a detect magic to separate it from the background.

I'd let spells like truesight, find the path etc have the 50% shot at making it
through.

Randax