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From: tjlanza@************.com (Timothy J. Lanza)
Subject: Aqueous Form (Was: "Re: Spell - Walk thru walls")
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:06:13 -0500
At 03:55 PM 2/21/2003, Dan Turek wrote:
>>At 09:24 AM 2/20/2003, Mike Watren wrote: One question I have asked
>>other plays before is any oe ever seen write ups for any kinda spells or
>>adept spells that allow ( of course an npc) to walk thru walls? I feel
>>like throwing a little bit of terror into one of my games im running any
>>ideas i would love to get some feed back....thank ye..
>
>Old SR had Turn To Goo. There was no canon I know of of how gooey it turns
>things, but I always pictured it viscous like the platicrete 7 after it
>had been sprayed with the catalyst - like chewed gum and slowly reverts to
>its original shape like silly putty does if it is allowed to. Of course,
>the drain for it was like S4 so you're talking an easy +2D. Of course
>dropping the spell while something is still in a gooey wall makes for a
>nice hiding spot or simple trap.

Yep, but "Turn to Goo" was used offensively. If you apply the Voluntary
Target modifier, it would drop to something around +2S.

If you apply the ad hoc drain level increase I suggested, you end up with
+1S. That's something around +2S, now isn't it?

--
Timothy J. Lanza
"When we can't dream any longer, we die." - Emma Goldman

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