| From: | Christina Johnson <johnson1@**.UWP.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Gross. |
| Date: | Mon, 10 May 1993 17:27:00 -0500 |
> > The text (SR2, p.130) explicitly says that any sort of cybereyes which
> > the mage paid essence for counts as his own eyes for the purpose of
> > spellcasting. You sammis should be glad that it says so: the same
> > principle is what prevents a transform spell from transforming only
> > the flesh and leaving the cyberwear unchanged (ewwww, gross!).
>
Ok. (Please. I don't want to do this. I'm not going to do this. I
think it's gross.) Does that mean that, in turn, a shapeshifter can get
cyber? I mean... magic is magic. And unlike DnD, it's defined. It
operates on principles that do not change.
I always thought that a transform spell DID mean that you could transform
the guy w/o the cyber. Seemed to make sense to me. Cyber is loss of
essense, essense is basically what the guy really is (or was, in the case
of some characters that look more like a house hold appliance...).
Transform should affect the guy, right? Not his clothes, not his
wristwatch, not his cybereyes.
But, if it DOES affect the cyber... then, by God, a shapeshifter should
be able to integrate cyber into his being as well. I mean, after all, the
shift is second (arguably first) nature to him. It's more natural then
the spell is, and more specific. (He only changes into one other form.
He knows what that form will be, every time.) It should be easier for him
to control said change, or at least predict it. Especially if the guy's a
full-blown mage as well. (Eww...)
One more reason not to let a shapeshifter into a game, unless all the
other players are minor gods as well. Hell, with an essence of 8, what
CAN'T this guy do now? (Yes Chris, I've seen the light. Took a long
time... but man, love is love.)
And I'm not going to say that I didn't mean to spark an arguement because
well, truth be told, I'm bored. All my exams are done.
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Christina M. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Parkside
johnson1@**.uwp.edu
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