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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Chipeloi)
Subject: Need help with a mage
Date: Tue Mar 6 15:40:01 2001
Hi ppl


I'm looking for idea's for my caracter

I'm making an mage

It is for an low/medium level campain, and i want to see if anyone
can give me some nice idea's for the caracter

I'm not talking about the stuf that's in the "oficial" books but i'm
also not talking about stuf thats way over the top.
(gurth is my GM ...)


So far i got a few idea's :

An sound mage all spells do an afect with sound

Silince - DUH ...=)
Shreek -breaks all glas objects within area of efect
Sonic boom - like mana BOL area efects: deaf / stun damage /
lose action..
ect ect

Anyone has any other idea' s ?
Just speak your mind
i'm also happy with special edges/flaws for mages

Or maby someone has an better reason for me to play an shaman
i'll try everything =)

--
>If you thought Chipeloi was crazy just wait till you meet me !
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Phil Smith)
Subject: Need help with a mage
Date: Wed Mar 7 02:25:00 2001
>From: "Chipeloi" <chipeloi@***.nl>
>So far i got a few idea's :
>
>An sound mage all spells do an afect with sound
>
>Silince - DUH ...=)
>Shreek -breaks all glas objects within area of efect
>Sonic boom - like mana BOL area efects: deaf / stun damage /
>lose action..
>ect ect
>
>Anyone has any other idea' s ?

Try;

Enhanced Senses
Type Range Target Duration Drain
P LOS 4 S +2M
This spell gives one enhanced sense to the subject, for instance Low-light
Vision, Flare Compensation, Wide-band Hearing, and so on. Each sense
enhancement is a seperate spell.

Sound Selection
Type Range Target Duration Drain
M LOS/D 6 S L
This spell works in a way similar to a Select Sound Filter (p.82,Street
Samurai Catalog). The rating is equal to one-half (round down) the number of
successes rolled on the Spell Success test. Thus, two tests are made to
determine if a sound can be filtered out: the first test is the Spell
Success Test to see if the Sound Selection spell works. Then, when the
subject actually wants to filter out sounds, he makes a second test. For
this second test, he rolls a number of dice equal to one-half the number of
successes rolled on the Spell Success Test, with a Target Number determined
by the GM, following the guidelines on page 82 of the Street Samurai
Catalog. This second test is made for each filtering attempt separately.
The Sound Selection spell does not work if the subject has cyberears or a
cyberware Select Sound Filter.

Enhanced Hearing
Type Range Target Duration Drain
M T/D 4 S L
The target numbers are the standard 4, 6, and 10, although some gamemasters
will probably not allow astral hearing (target number 10). This spell
bestows the individual with the equivalent of the cyberear, enhanced
hearing.

Sonic Barrier (or Sound Bubble)
Type Target Duration Range Drain
P 6 S LOS(A) +2S
This spell creates a barrier that stops sound waves from passing through it.
Nobody from outside the barrier can hear what is being said from inside it
and nobody inside it is affected by noise from outside. Laser microphones
can not be used on this but bugs inside the bubble will transmit normally.
For anyone trying to use the clairaudience spell from either side of the
barrier to the other add the force of the sonic barrier to the target number
to cast.

Phil

I just don't want to die without a few scars, I say. It's nothing any more
to have a beautiful stock body. You see those cars that are completely stock
cherry, right out of a dealer's showroom in 1955, I always think, what a
waste.
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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Sebastian Wiers)
Subject: Need help with a mage
Date: Wed Mar 7 07:55:00 2001
>>So far i got a few idea's :
>>
>>An sound mage all spells do an afect with sound
>>
>>Silince - DUH ...=)
>>Shreek -breaks all glas objects within area of efect
>>Sonic boom - like mana BOL area efects: deaf / stun damage /
>>lose action..
>>ect ect
>>
>>Anyone has any other idea' s ?

Other single sense illusion spells could work. I think the formula
design would result in the same drain as a normal illusion spell, but one
level lower. You could have "Audio Mask (physical)" for spoofing voice
recognizers, for example, or "Phantasmal Sound" for misdirecting oppoants
while you were being silent, either by making them think you were elsewhere,
or giving them flase orderes in thier leaders voice. You could probably do
a "Noise" spell that was kinda like Chaotic World, but was a bit easier to
resist (you'd just need earplugs or hearing dampers) - which might be
BETTER, since your group would know how to handle it, so you could use it
with less concern for area of effect.
I think there's already a spell like "Sonic Boom", called
"Thunderclap",
in one of the older magic books. It would have to be a Manipulation spell,
not a Combat spell.
"Bass the Block" might also be a fun spell. I'm thinking earthshaking
bass, with all that implies, with an area efect. Would be a manipulation
spell, I think.

-Seb
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Chipeloi)
Subject: Need help with a mage
Date: Wed Mar 7 15:45:01 2001
In the asylum, Sebastian Wiers whispered in the corridors:




> "Bass the Block" might also be a fun spell. I'm thinking
> earthshaking
> bass, with all that implies, with an area effect. Would be a
> manipulation spell, I think.
>
> -Seb


ooo ya i like this one you shake everything with an very low and
hard bass sound.

and as nath sayed: if the caracter uses these spells the first thing
ppl will think about and do is: Geek the mage !

I finally have an caracter that has lasted a wile but since we are
going to face an really Asskicking ...i'll call it an end boss on the
end of this adventure..i don't know if he will survive ..
Hehehehe all the caracters have an serious wound the mage has
an moderate and everytime he castes treat/heal its all 1,2,3,4 and
maybe one 5.

But back at my caracter any other stuff ppl wanna explain? like
that cool mage/shaman caracter you or an friend played?

I'm also looking for something to really help get into caracter and
make the caracter fun to play

Thanks!

(i've found the spellchecker at last ! Feel beter now achlight?)


--
>If you thought Chipeloi was crazy just wait till you meet me !
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Andrew Gryphon)
Subject: Need help with a mage
Date: Thu Mar 8 00:10:03 2001
on 3/7/01 8:12 AM, Sebastian Wiers at m0ng005e@*****.com can't deny saying:

> "Bass the Block" might also be a fun spell. I'm thinking earthshaking
> bass, with all that implies, with an area efect. Would be a manipulation
> spell, I think.

Isn't this just Urban Renewal with different manifestation?

A sound mage could have a spell, to tie threads together & make a yarn,
called "Invisibility to Ultrasound/Sonar". If you expand to vibrations, you
could do a "Kitty Pryde" thing and become intangeable by adjusting your
vibrational attunement. How about "Instant Vibro-Sword" or reversing the
80's sland for guitar and have a Vibro-Axe? You could cause headaches, even
induce heart palpitations. You could also mask a voice & possibly even get
past voice-activated security.

And then there's the worst spell of all: "Fingernails on the Blackboard"!

--
Andrew Gryphon
http://www.Wyrmworks.com
Taking Role-Playing to the next level

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