From:	GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject:	Re: Clonal Technology
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:53:10 -0700

Steven A. Tinner wrote:
> "What do you mean that's my body in that vat?!?!?!?"..........
> However, before he was killed, his body had been cloned from a tissue sample
> taken by Lone Star while he worked for them.
> Just for kicks and giggles, I decided to bring this PC back as a ghost....
> How should I handle this?
> Before you all say it can't be done,


Hmmmm...You know this sort of thing could become quite the munchkinized thing
but...I don't really think there is any problem with the astral form simply
jumping into the clone body..However..I would probably make the mage relearn
ALL of the spells he had before becoming one of the living impaired..I would
further require the ALL of the spells learned in his prior life be learned
before any new ones be learned or created..I would not even allow on the fly
spell creation of anything other than previously learned spells until all of
them had been relearned...My reasoning is this:

1]cloned body..cool..should be an *almost* perfect fit for the astral
form..so why not be able to inhabit the vacant body..

2]because the cloned body is not *exactly* identical to the one the astral
form used to inhabit all spells in memory must be relearned as the astral
form is now wearing new and slightly different meat..thus changing the
overall aura while casting on the physical plane..[I suppose I would allow
free access to all the previously knows spells while astrally projecting]..So
since the overall aura has changed, the spells won't sync up because the
caster no longer is completely familiar with his own aura while on the
physical plane..I would drastically reduce the ammount of karma and time it
would cost to relearn all of the old mystical arsenal but it would still
cost..I would require the same of summoning spirits/elementals a couple of
low level critters would probable go free before he would be back up to snuff
on this one as well...All in all it should be a pretty good Role playing
oportunity..

3]The reason I would require ALL the previous spells be relearned before
learning any new ones is..If the new old guy hasn't quite gotten the hang of
slinging spells in his new bod how could he possible learn new spells???

4]I think also I would make a max amount of time the astral form would have
to put on some new meat before it would be too late..Something like magic
rating in months..After this period the spirit would have basically forgotten
what it was like to have to breath and such..
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-------------------------------GRANITE