| From: | Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Spell Idea |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Sep 1995 15:59:33 GMT |
> I'm sure some clever person has already been through this, but
> here we go...
>
i have not done a spell to do this but there is plenty of reason to.
Note that for one specific conditionthe 'detect enemies' spell
actually does this, the target number is 10 to 11 odd before
background count but!!
> Could someone design a hypersenses spell to observe astral space?
Yes
see ref 'detect enemies'.
see Earthdawn, where you dare not use astral percet (in fact it not
even listed as a PC ability despite all adepts being equivalent (or
far more powerful than) to SR initates. There is a talent that sort
of half does the job. There are first circle Wizard spells (ie bottom
of the range, plenty enough magic even in SR to do these) that look
at the astrl, one does arua truth reading and the other 'looks'. I
cannot remember exactly what does what off hand but you get nothing
like as much information as astral perception in SR even with both
spells up and using astral sight (ED style). However here is plenty
of offical FASA stuff to work from.
> It would
> work like astral perception, except that it would be a spell.
> Not very useful, unless like the character who wanted it, you are
> a sorcery adept.
It has its uses! especially in the right circumstances though you
really need spell matricies (an ED concept) for full usefulness and
they have no equivalent yet in SR, though could easily be implemented
as a Metamagic technique, just not a lot of point using them while
raw magic is safe and much faster.
> And of course astral creatures could attack through
> it.
Someone said DLOH had said you can attack through everything but
sustained spells though why these should be an exception i don't
know, its certainly not consistent with info from ED, where even
instant spells cast SR sytle can land you in deep deep drek.
> If not that, how about a more limited spell- "aura reading," which
> you could use to assense mood, cyberwear, and anything else?
That is certainly possible.at least to some extent.
>
> If the ruling is that you have to be able to see astral space to design
> the spell, could an adept learn it from a formula?
>
you would not need to see astral space to design it, you don't need
to be able to innately turn invisible/ detect enemies to do those
spells.
> And if you can't do it at all, it sucks to be a sorcery adept around
> things with invisibility.
>
It plain sucks to be an adept, but then you get adept for priority B
rather than A, so what do you expect.
>
> .jason
>
Mark
