| From: | Philip Hayward <Philip.Hayward@***.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | V's Questions |
| Date: | Thu, 6 Apr 1995 10:18:21 +6000 |
>> SRII.156 Improved invisibility
>>
>> Can this spell be cast on physical oblect and vehicles ?
>
> It says in the description that "...the invisible person or thing...", so
> yes, you can cast it on inanimate objects.
I agree and thats what we rule yet is there a limit on the size of the
object? An object could be a hand gun, a table, a car or a boeing 747 ?
My only suggestion is to reduce the perception test to see it the larger
the object gets? so you need a LOT of successes to hide the 747 :)
>> SRII.158 Barrier
>>
>> Can this spell move after been cast ?
>
> It doesn't actually say, but I'd would (and do) rule that once cast, that's
> where it is. Like a wall, you can't move it.
Yet the personal form moves with you doesn't it?
>> Yes (cast on a moving target maybe ? If so does it have the
>> strenght to push things or peoples. Can it protect
>> someone from a fall ?)
>
> You don't cast a Barrier spell on a target. You cast it at a location. If
> someone is at that particular location at the time you try to cast it, well
> then... (We discussed that point a while ago, and more or less decided that
> the barier had a temporary "gap" where they were, which closed after they
> moved out of it.)
But a movable barrier spell with a higher drain would be possible,
and give a restricted target (say on vehicles) to compensate.
And my PC's thought Nissan patrol cars were wimpy :)
I'm tempted to pick two variations (with different spell formulas)
the place in a location (can be shaped in a wall etc.) and another
which can be placed on a target?
>> Is the micro-transceiver used for communication
>> (sending what it is hearing) ?
>
> Based on the relative concealabilities of the micro-camcorder (8),
micro-recorder (9) and micro-transceiver (18), I'd have to say that the
micro-transceiver is bloody small. Hence it couldn't contain many
electronics/speakers/etc at all, so I'd say it is only a homing device (ie,
sends out a
continuous, or intermittent signal to show its curent location,
which can be picked up by a detector of some kind). OTOH, since it is in the
communications section, and there is already a thing called "Tracking
Signal" in the surveilance section, then perhaps what it is is a detect only
radio or similar device, in that it can only receive information, and not
> send it.
I thought the transciever just sent the images recorded by the micro-
camcorder, or the micro-recorder. On their own the camcorder/Recorder
do just that record. This is how we play it, and you usually add the
transciever or additional memory for the recording devices depending on
how you intend to collect the info. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> --------------------
> Menard Steve writes:
>> To this one I have a question to ask : Is the personal version of these
>> spells(all the barriers varianst) mobile? Or do you have to stay in place?
>> I'd say they follow you, else you're gonna be encased in your own spell!
> An excerpt from my file of questions:
>
> Personal Barrier Spells
>
> Where does the barrier actually exists? Is it:
> (pg 158 SRII, 123 Grimything)
>
> i) The same as a normal barrier spell, only centered on the
> caster?
> ii) The same as a normal barrier spell, only it provides
> protection for the caster only (ie, it can, like a
> regular barrier, be cast anywhere, but, if it were a
> Bullet Barrier spell, then only bullets headed for the
> caster would be stopped)?
> iii) Both (i) & (ii)?
> iv) A "skin-tight" barrier?
>
>The answer eludes me, but I'd rule (i) based on the definition of a personal
>spell as "something which is targeted on yourself"
Now, by (i) do you mean the usual radius? if so then I rule (iv)
but I'd never thought of it as 'skin tight' just small enough to protect
you, (and people cowering behind the guy with personal barrier using him
as walking cover.)
I see now that I'd never thought barrier spells over properly as my
current rulings are all over the place but then since no PC's use it
yet they don't really now anymore than that their bullets keep flattening
at least oppertune times :)
But if a character wanted any variation I'd say
sure and tweak the drain as I felt fit.
Phil
<Philip.Hayward@***.UK>
