[gurps] Delay spells question

[Troy Guffey]

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From: <midnightwind at comcast.net>

> Soliciting opinions on a ruling regarding Delay spell:
>
>
> A mage wants to cast Explosive Fireball with the Delay spell linked to it 
> on a small amount of clay.  The conditions of the Delay spell are that a 
> dolphin (either via Create Animal or Control Mammals) swims the clay to an 
> oncoming ship some distance away, leaps, attaches it to the (wooden) hull 
> just above the waterline and swims away.  The explosive fireball detonates 
> five seconds after attachment.
>
>
> The Link spell denotes an area of detection, implying that the spell 
> cannot be moved.  The Delay spell only talks about a certain duration and 
> set of conditions being met-- but technically, this enhances the effective 
> range of the Explosive Fireball to as far as a fast fish can swim (or bird 
> can fly if one projects this to other settings) in the time duration of 
> the Delay spell.


You can't Delay or Link Missile spells, only Regular or Area spells.

If I were GM, I'd say that "in the area around this lump of clay" would be 
legit.

For this application, I'd Rive the hull, followed by a Create Fire (or 
Essential Fire)

Re-reading the 4e description of Rive, it apparently has no limit on amount 
of damage!  It says "1 per die of damage to be inflicted to the object"

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