[Torg] Another round of magic questions

[Dominick Riesland]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Jerry S Fisk
<jsfisk at alphasynthetics.com> wrote:
> Greets All,
>
>        So I was looking for a work related pdf and came across my Torg RE
> pdf.  And when I stat looking at Torg materials I usually can't put it away.
>  Which usually means I find something to ask this list.  So here goes.
>
>        Let's say I have a TK Cyberdecker Mage.  That makes his Magic Axiom
> 12.  Furthermore he has access to the Telekinesis Major spell, pg 43 of
> Pixaud's, which has an axiom of 6(17).  This spell is a impressed and
> focused spell.  Does casting this spell cause a contradiction due to the
> impressed portion of the spell?  If it does cause a contradiction, which I
> think it does but need a little help here, what kind of contradiction does
> it cause?  Is it like using a higher tech tool where the spell is the tool?
>  Which would make the initial casting of any impressed spell for any TK
> caster a Four-Case check.  Since the "tool" has a higher axiom then the
> caster and the land.  If he does get it impressed he would have access to it
> and able to discharge it when he wanted right?

The way I always read this is that the act of impressing a spell is
the contradiction. So if that goes off, the spell is impressed and can
then be released at the lower Axiom level.

Bear in mind that, once I get through examining all of the spells in
the Cosmverse, I doubt that this spell will have anywhere near the
axiom ratings listed.

>        Scenario two:  The same character comes across the Bind Demon spell,
> pg 61 of Pixaud's, while in Ayles.  The Bind Demon spell has an Axiom of 17.
>  If he cast this spell in Ayles it would cause a One-Case contradiction but
> in LA it would cause the Four-Case right?  But he would indeed be able to
> cast the spell?

Exactly. One case in Aysle, because only one of the two questions
comes up negative (Do I believe?) while both come up negative in LA
(Do I believe? Does the world believe?)

Dominick Riesland, aka Rabbitball
Creator of the Cosmversal Grimoire
"There are always possibilities, my sergeant told me. But he never had
his possibilities torn away like wings from a fly."