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Message no. 1
From: SThanatos <sthanatos@*********.COM>
Subject: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:34:29 -0400
I noticed a spell in Paolo's Shadowrun Character Generator called
Biophysical armor. Unfortunately I have found no other information
regarding this spell, so I don't know what it does. But it got me
thinking...wouldn't it be cool to make a spell that produces the effects
(and some sort of Guyver-esque looking biosuit) of dermal plating that
protects the target...so here's my idea...if anyone cares to shoot it down:

Dermal Shell

Creates a plating of physical armor around the target's body, which acts
not unlike dermal plating. Form-fits to the targets body. The character
adds his successes to the body attribute of the target.

Formula -
Manipulation Spell
Minor Physical Change M
Physical spell +1 DT
Sustained +1 DT
Affects Attribute (Body) +1 DL
Add dice per success +1 DL
Voluntary Spell -1 DL
Final Formula [(F/2)+2]S

If it were a personal spell, I'd have to make it at M stun simply because
of the nature of the spell. Noone should be able to cast this powerful a
spell for L stun.

Thanatos
Message no. 2
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:19:03 EDT
In a message dated 5/26/98 5:37:18 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
sthanatos@*********.COM writes:

> I noticed a spell in Paolo's Shadowrun Character Generator called
> Biophysical armor. Unfortunately I have found no other information
> regarding this spell, so I don't know what it does. But it got me
> thinking...wouldn't it be cool to make a spell that produces the effects
> (and some sort of Guyver-esque looking biosuit) of dermal plating that
> protects the target...so here's my idea...if anyone cares to shoot it down:

OMG!!!! Paolo has it?!?!? Wow, if that is what I think it is, that is
something from my dark history. The spell, if it -IS/Was- mine (or my groups
in a possible case) wasn't designed as anything so perverse as a -Guyveresque-
plating. It is a lot more like the Pathogen Protection spells that are within
the "Health" category.

-K
Message no. 3
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:15:37 -0400
At 06:34 PM 5/26/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Dermal Shell

<snipped spell description>

Urm, maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the Armor spell do something
like that already? Add Body points for damage resistance, right?

Seems like the extra stuff is really more cosmetic than anything. But
maybe I missed something in the description.

Erik J.


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Message no. 4
From: SThanatos <sthanatos@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:22:58 -0400
>OMG!!!! Paolo has it?!?!? Wow, if that is what I think it is, that is
>something from my dark history. The spell, if it -IS/Was- mine (or my groups
>in a possible case) wasn't designed as anything so perverse as a
-Guyveresque-
>plating. It is a lot more like the Pathogen Protection spells that are
within
>the "Health" category.

Perverse? PWBBBT! Oh well, I like it.
Message no. 5
From: "Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:30:45 -0300
SThanatos escreveu:
>
> I noticed a spell in Paolo's Shadowrun Character Generator called
> Biophysical armor. Unfortunately I have found no other information
> regarding this spell, so I don't know what it does. But it got me
> thinking...wouldn't it be cool to make a spell that produces the effects
> (and some sort of Guyver-esque looking biosuit) of dermal plating that
> protects the target...so here's my idea...if anyone cares to shoot it down:
>
>
(snip spell stats)

This made remember about an article in a Brasilian RPG magazine...
Something
about a critter (_Arthroderma sp._ :) ) wich was some kind of symbiote,
wich stayed in the
brain, and released chemicals in the bloodstream that caused a chitinous
armor to form aroud
the bearer's body. They gave stats from three species (_Arthroderma
gladius_, _A. hydra_ and
_A. araneus_ ), each with different characteristics. If anyone wants, I
can make a quick conversion
(the artivle was originally for GURPS).

Ubiratan
Message no. 6
From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:19:49 -0500
On Tue, 26 May 1998 19:15:37 -0400 Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> writes:
>At 06:34 PM 5/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Dermal Shell
>
><snipped spell description>
>
>Urm, maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the Armor spell do
something
>like that already? Add Body points for damage resistance, right?
>
>Seems like the extra stuff is really more cosmetic than anything. But
>maybe I missed something in the description.
>
>Erik J.
<SNIP Sig>

Actually, his version was "worse", his added 1 pt per success whereas the
normal armor spell adds 1 per 2 successes. :/

D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)

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Message no. 7
From: DisnyShamn <DisnyShamn@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:25:50 EDT
> Creates a plating of physical armor around the target's body, which acts
> not unlike dermal plating. Form-fits to the targets body. The character
> adds his successes to the body attribute of the target.

Other than cosmetically, how would this differ from the regular "armor" spell?

- Disney Shaman
Message no. 8
From: SThanatos <sthanatos@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:28:47 -0400
>>Dermal Shell
>
><snipped spell description>
>
>Urm, maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the Armor spell do something
>like that already? Add Body points for damage resistance, right?
>
>Seems like the extra stuff is really more cosmetic than anything. But
>maybe I missed something in the description.

Well..magic is all about *style* ;)
Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:19:14 +0100
DisnyShamn said on 20:25/26 May 98...

> > Creates a plating of physical armor around the target's body, which acts
> > not unlike dermal plating. Form-fits to the targets body. The character
> > adds his successes to the body attribute of the target.
>
> Other than cosmetically, how would this differ from the regular "armor"
spell?

Probably in the same way Manaball differs from Mana Cloud, or Fireball
from Fireball.

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Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Biophysical Armor
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:19:14 +0100
SThanatos said on 18:34/26 May 98...

> I noticed a spell in Paolo's Shadowrun Character Generator called
> Biophysical armor. Unfortunately I have found no other information
> regarding this spell, so I don't know what it does.

I think it's in one of the NAGEEs, let me check... Yep, NAGEE #2 has it,
so an updated version for SRII should be in #6.

It was designed by one of our current listmembers, even (somehow, that
doesn't surprise me, reading the spell description now :)

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manual, under Lies.
-> NERPS Project Leader * ShadowRN GridSec * Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-
-> The New Character Mortuary: http://www.electricferret.com/mortuary/ <-

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