From:	Damian Sharp zadoc@***.neu.edu
Subject:	Sustanined/Perminant
Date:	Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:15:31 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Phil Smith wrote:

> I have a little conundrum caused by the following spell:
>
> Tattoo
> Author: Aaron Wigley, 2 Sept 1993
> Type: Physical ·Transformation Manipulation
> Range: Touch
> Target: Body(R)
> Duration: Permenant(5)
> Drain: [(F/2)]M
> Causes a pattern of the mage's choice to appear on the area touched. The
> image is then subject to normal wear and tear. The colours will not fade
> over time, but can be abraided, or removed with cosmetic surgery, or paint.
> Only one success is required.
>
> I want to learn a version of this spell that will only last, say, a night
> and I can't find a way to do so. Allow me to explain; if I used the spell
> as is (perminant) I would have to live with it for life, if I made it
> sustained I would have to concentrate to keep it there, I want to do
> neither.
>
> Possible ways around this I have thought of is a modifier you can add to a
> perminant spell that makes it dispellable. That or a way to make a spell
> sustainable for a few hours without having to concentrate, neitrher way is
> allowed by the rules.
>
> The only way which is viable by the rules is by quickening the spell at a
> low force, but that is kind of expensive karma-wise seeing as my character
> goes out practically every night.
>
> Any other ideas?

Well, what I thought of, and I'm surprised no one said it...

Make a sustained verion & have an elemental sustain it for you. It can be
expensive, money-wise (sorta), but it's not karma, at least.

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