| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Dan Turek) |
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| Subject: | mask/physical mask and photojournalism |
| Date: | Thu Feb 14 11:20:00 2002 |
>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:46:17 -0600
>
>One of my players' characters had been a photojournalist Off-the-shelf
>cameras that most people own in the SR world are going to be digital
>
>For Masked subjects, the camera takes a picture of the physical person.
>Optical viewfinders show the actual subject UNLESS the viewfinder shows the
>subject through the lens and an enchanted anti-illusion lens filter is
>used.
???!
>We figured magic's been around long enough for something like that to have
>been made, but the process is complicated and expensive to make one that
>just shows that the subject is being Masked. If the camera, film or
>digital, simply uses a video screen for a viewfinder, the physical
>appearance of the subject is shown with a significant amount of ghosting.
>Without further perception checks, all it shows is that the subject is
>obviously Masked.
That would make for a high magic campaign. If you look up history of
photography there were 3 types that showed "auras", Ledbetter, Kirilian, and
whoever the other guy was. Considering the lack of magical equipment in SR,
I would (as a GM) try to make it an anchored spell on an item (perhaps a
limited version of Increased Intelligence to penetrate illusions, etc.) Once
you let it be easier to Astrally Perceive, etc. the game mechanics can
quickly get out of hand! Remember something astrally active can be affected
by things hanging out there.
>For Physically Masked subjects, we got a little more complicated. Also,
>there may be rules in the sourcebook about journalism and media that
>apply. The name of it escapes me, and I've never read it, but it's worth a
>check if one hasn't been done yet.
Shadowbeat. Long out of print and I wouldn't pay more than $5 dollars for it
(unless you really plan to have a rocker and a reporter).
The higlights are steadicam and the advanced image processor (like a
gyromount/smartlink system for cameras, just use the same rules for now) and
Open Tests for Impact (how good the song/picture is, with a page of
modifiers you may as well make up). It's a little more complicated for a
reporter (filing the story, etc.) and in SR they have the shortest lifespan
of any archetype.
It has NO RULES for dealing with magic (except to say that manipulating
people is really frowned on, so if you Control Emotions you are the new
Milli Vanilli) and is similar for altering photographs (if you get caught).
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