| From: | Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO> |
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| Subject: | Rules question: Permanently conjuring elementals (and then some) |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:44:46 +0000 |
I have seen references to a rule where you can summon elementals
permanently by paying karma equal to force - they gain 'unlimited
services' until the elemental is destroyed. Force can be restored by
resummoning the elemental - this does not require additional karma.
I am unable to find a reference to this in the books. Can I then
assume this is a house rule, or is it somewhere I haven't looked?
Can a free spirit inhibiting a homonucili hide its life in the
homonocili?(sp?)
How important is the flesh to an astral image?
(In regard to where the person thinks or feels him or herself very
different from their flesh. Keywords might be homosexuality, some
shamans, etcetera.).
I imagine astral space somewhat like this:
A ghostly landscape, where things people care about emotionally
appears to have more substance than items disregarded. Everything
appears solid, but the more emotionally charged an item is the more
'in focus' it appears... a long forgotten chair would be blurry, but
still appear perfectly solid. The ghostly appearance is because there
is little ambient light, except for people (including the astral
traveller) who gives off a weak, almost sourceless light. While
letters might be visible, emotional feelings for a single letter is
fairly unheard of, and so they are blurry beyond recognition.
Messages in large writing scrawled in blood would still be visible -
their size and emotional impact would render them clear and
unblurred. Also, the emotions themselves connected to items may color
their shape and looks. An assassin's rifle, lovingly used for many
kills, might look more deadly, more sinister, in the astral, for
instance, while the rose given on a first date, while faded and
dried, would look fresh and vibrant with life. Magical constructs
stand out in perfectly clear detail - not (necessarily) for their
emotional value, but simply because this is where they are real.
... is that about it?
Can personal barriers only be cast as a 'dome' spell centered at the
caster? (I have assumed so.).
I also assume barriers do not move with the caster.
Is LOS required for sustaining a spell?
(There was a discussion about this a few months ago. I failed to
notice a conclusion.).
If it is, will an elemental sustaining a spell have to remain within
the caster's LOS? (Could an elemental sustain the spell without
having to stay in the caster's LOS, in other words. I think not, but
it'd be nice if it was that way.).
Has anyone noticed how utterly devastating running through a ward
with a few active foci, quickened spells etc. is?
Thanks for listening.
--
Fade
And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
