you dont have to sink to the botom to cast spells, while you are sinking just cast the spell you need and it will go of just fine!!
I have done it to many times to count!
Askur Wizard of Veeshan
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr�n: Robert Spelman <
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Till:
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Datum: den 3 juni 1999 14:57
�mne: Re: [eq_wizards] Gate Unstable message
>From: Robert Spelman <madoc_ab_owain@...>
>
>>From: mstokes <mstokes@...>
>>
>>"Your gate is unstable and closes" I've gotten this message a couple of
>>times now (since the last patch) Has anybody else gotten this?
>>
>>Malkin
>
>I remember fondly the first time I got this message. It was weeks ago,
>before I crossed the ocean from Kaladim to Freeport. I had just gotten my
>new Gate spell, among others, and was anxious to journey across the water to
>see the world. Ah, the folly of youth! Anyway, I had JUST missed the boat at
>Kaladim, and decided for the heck of it to jump into the water and swim
>after it. I figured, "I've got a 30 in swimming, I'll be fine!". Well of
>course I failed to catch up to the boat, so I told my friend to give me locs
>once in awhile to help guide me along, and I'd meet him in Freeport. Ha! It
>was then that I discovered that you cannot zone from the middle of the
>water, even if you make it to the point where the boat crosses the zone
>line! I was so frustrated (though I HAD become a much better swimmer by
>then!) I decided to let myself sink to the bottom, and cast GATE. The spell
>started, the timer went to zero, and I was greeted with the disturbing
>message that my gate was unstable and had collapsed! I took this to mean
>that it was because of the water overhead, and never again attempted to gate
>from underwater.
>
>Slightly off-topic: that reminds me of my levels spent in Crushbone. When
>I'd get too beat-up and things got scary with Lego trains, I'd jump into the
>water by the Slaver cabin and med. Of course I couldn't see my air bubble to
>tell when I needed to go up for more air, but I usually had a very good
>sense of timing when it came to checking on it. I was congratulating myself
>on my cleverness one day while meditating at the bottom of the pool when I
>realized I had spent too much time gabbing with my party and not enough time
>paying attention to my DROWNING. I swam to the surface but was losing HPs
>fast! By the time I got to the surface, I was down to 0 hps, and was knocked
>unconscious. However, at the exact moment I hit unconscious, I managed to
>surface and get a breath. Down I sank, down to the bottom of the foul pool,
>unconscious and burning air reserve. About then I began making plans to
>abandon Crushbone for greener (and less watery) pastures. I was VERY lucky
>and managed to regain consciousness and rise to the surface just before my
>air ran out. I immediately gated back to Felwithe, and once healed I made
>the journey to Steamfront with great haste.
>
>Vask, 14th level Wizardess, Felwithe/North Karana, E'ci
>
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