| From: | Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Astral Magic (Re: New use for Masking) |
| Date: | Thu, 14 May 1998 22:04:08 EDT |
nexx@********.NET writes:
> My books are all in a box that I don't feel like un- then re-taping,
> but
> I just had a thought: Could an astrally projecting magician alter the
> shape of his aura to fit through a tight squeeze (like between two
> branches, or two really big security guards in front of a steel door on an
> ivy covered wall?
>
The generic answer is a blatant : "NO"
However, after I have been around reading some of the other posts on this
topic, a very strange question came to my mind.
"Would it be possible to create an 'Aura Shapechange' from the POV of
Transformation Manipulation? I wasn't out to look at this whole thing from
the "Munchkin" frame-of-mind, tho I am certain some out there will claim
otherwise (BACK Erik, or so help me your newly established 'real estate' in
California is the first to have a major -run- made against it's water supply
;).
Anyway, seriously thinking, could you do a spell that performs the "Change the
Aura" from the idea of getting a projecting magician in/through a given
magical barrier. Sort of an "astral stealth" or an "astral
symbiosis".
Let's say that a spell has a given Force of 5 when cast by the projecting
magician. It alters his astral projecting self into something that is more
pliant or more "acceptable/compatible" with a given mana barrier that is say
Force of 5 as well.
The target number for the astral changeling spell would be a 5, the force of
the mana barrier, with the number of successes (net or singular, depending on
spell design) amounting to an effective reduction to the effectiveness of the
barrier in question. The barrier rolls it's force with a target number equal
to that of the Force of the "astral changeling" spell. Any successes achieved
by the barrier would of course reduce those of the changeling spell. If the
barrier were being monitored or actively sustained, then perhaps the monitor
(say a watcher for example) or another spellcaster, could add in dice from say
either the force (as in the case of the watcher) or the Magic Pool (as in the
case of the magician).
What would a spell like this look like?
IMO....like the following :
Major "Mental" Changes (M Drain Base)
Sustained Spell +1 Power
Deep Mind Interaction (the subjected user) +2 Power
Deep Mind Interaction (the subjected user) +1 Drain level
"Net Success" basis +1 Drain Level
Which would make the end idea of the spell [(F/2)+3)D...which is NOT that
outrageous for the spell could do.
Basically the spell would allow for a projecting magician the ability to alter
the general "abstract spacial compatibility" of him/her (it?) self. It would
only work when trying to penetrate various types of "astral barriers". This
-might- include passive barriers such as the "Living Wall" theory. In this
case, the target number would a "6" or a "4" (GM's decision of
course), with a
number of successes being required equal to the actual barrier rating of the
wall/material in question. Because the "Living Wall" idea is "Passive
Astral"
in nature, it is an unresisted test in that the barrier does NOT roll against
the spell. Active Barriers, such as Wards, Mana Barriers, Lodges,
etcera...are actively present and thus gain the ability to penetrate such.
An idea of course....feed back????
Mike is gonna HATE me....
-K
