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From:	Gabriel Sims <grendel_22@*******.COM>
Subject:	PhysMage & his ally
Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:58:01 PDT

Message no. 1 Hey!!
Green Dog again (please, no Bull-Bot, I'm not new).

I was just wondering...

If an incredibly rare Physical Magicain has his/her ally posses/inhabit
a physical form, could he/she teach the ally some of his/her physical
abilities?

Also, the Grimmy says that allies can't inhabit metahuman forms because
they are too magical...What about a Street Sam w/ an Essence of less
than 1? The street sam in question would have to be (how shall I put
this?) "non-mentally active" A.K.A. not there a.k.a. the personality and
mind has left the building.

Lastly (I'm on a roll), could a spirit inhabited (meta)human body catch
HHMHV? if so, what would happen to the spirit?

Thanks in advance...8)
Green Dog, the mantis possessed toxic dog shamen...

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From:	Craig J Wilhelm Jr <craigjwjr@*********.NET>
Subject:	Re: PhysMage & his ally
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 1997 03:32:27 -0400

Message no. 2 Gabriel Sims wrote:

> If an incredibly rare Physical Magicain has his/her ally posses/inhabit
> a physical form, could he/she teach the ally some of his/her physical
> abilities?

I really don't think so. There isn't anything in the rules against it
(AFAIK), but then there isn't anything suggesting it is possible. You
could probably do it the same way you teach an ally spells, i.e.: you
learn it for them, spend the karma for it (or in this case allocate the
magic points), but just like spells, you wouldn't learn them yourself.

> Also, the Grimmy says that allies can't inhabit metahuman forms because
> they are too magical...What about a Street Sam w/ an Essence of less
> than 1?

Okay, I just re-read the rules on Ally inhabiting, and have
re-discovered a discrepancy.
Quote: "The magician can provide an animal as well as a human host,
using any normal critter for this purpose. Paranatural animals are too
magically powerful to be used as hosts, as are sapient beings (such as
people)."
What gives?

> The street sam in question would have to be (how shall I put
> this?) "non-mentally active" A.K.A. not there a.k.a. the personality and
> mind has left the building.

If you interpolate the rules in a kind of backward way, I suppose it is
possible, given the criteria you propose.
I have always used manifest allies, so it isn't tied to a physical
form. Also, manifest allies have the benefit of multiple forms. Which
usually include: 1) Me (as in my character) so he really CAN be in two
places at once! 2) A cute like gal and/or currently popular modle and/or
actress, so he always has a cool date to bring to parties when he isn't
having good luck with the ladies (or just to drive his fellow runners
and/or current girlfriend mad with jelousy). :)

> Lastly (I'm on a roll), could a spirit inhabited (meta)human body catch
> HHMHV? if so, what would happen to the spirit?

One of the many drawbacks of using inhabited allies... Someone else
wanna take this one?

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