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<pre wrap="">Ok. Dead list again. Here is stupid Question #3.
Insubstatial.
1) Noise - when you speak would one actually speak or be heard? The
physics of
a non-solid
voicebox would to me say no. But I was just thinking about this the other
day. What do you
guys say?
2) Throwing things from a Insub person they would become solid. Does anyone
play differently
like they still remain insub?
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Very good question, that. <br>
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1) I'm sure that you could speak under the effects of the spell, because
the spell description addresses what spells you can cast, and you have to
be able to speak to cast spells. It never occured to me that the subject
wouldn't be able to be heard, and in general I think it's not a great idea
to try figure out how physics would apply to various impossible changes that
magic can bring about in people. For example, the subject would not automatically
fall into the ground while under the effects of the spell but would continue
to walk on the ground unless he tried to move through it or cast Levitate
to move through the air. Albert had an interesting idea with the subject
of the spell's voice being a far-off ghostly sound. If that idea appeals
to you, that sounds cool. Of course, it you're the Referee, then you can
change the rules as much as you want as long as you're players will stick
with you.<br>
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2) This has never come up in a game that I played in. I would think that
you shouldn't be able to use the Insubstantiability spell as a means to hurt
someone with impunity, so there shoud be some way of preventing that from
happening. The idea of a one phase delay sounds like a good start. You
might also institute the ruling that anything that became solid while within
a solid object is destroyed <i>without harming the solid object</i>.<br>
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Just my two cents.<br>
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David<br>
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