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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Re: Illusionists
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Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 22:24:00 EST
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My previous message, proposing that illusions be created by spirits of
illusion, may have stated the case too strongly.  The illusion spell might
augmnent the caster's visualization abilities to the point where no
peripheral processor (spirit) would be needed.  There are drugs that can
almost do that in this world, after all.  Still, the rest of the message
stands; illusions ought to be played as a psychic attack on the victim or
victims, and should be limited based on the number of people who can be
affected, the psychic strength of the caster or spirit of illusion, and the
intelligence of the caster or spirit versus the intelligence of the victim.
-=-
Tim Maroney, Electronic Village Idiot, CMU Center for Art and Technology
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