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From: ramsay@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC440)
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Subject: Re: Using a light spell as a laser
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 06:06:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 06:06:28 1985
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In article <880@nmtvax.UUCP> wildstar@nmtvax.UUCP (Andrew Fine) writes:
>
>     This is a device I thought about for a possible campaign. Take some rough
>crystal ( ruby, sapphire, emerald, but it has to be carmorundum , glass simply
>will not do), and cut it into a cylindrical rod. Polish one end perperdicularly
>and silver it. Polish the other end at about a five degree angle, and 
>partially silver it. Result: LASER CRYSTAL!
>Could anyone give me some suggestions for play restrictions on the use of
>this device?

Yeah. It's a bloody great anachronism. I suppose whichever character invented
it had the principles involved appear to him in a dream. :-)

				R. Ramsay
<And sneaking along last...>