| From: | Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New use for Masking |
| Date: | Thu, 14 May 1998 04:50:56 EDT |
robert.watkins@******.COM writes:
> Actually, seriously, no you can't. Masking can be used to change your astral
> signature, but not that much.
>
> (OTH... there's a shapechange spell, but it's physical, and physical spells
> don't work on the Astral. But a _mana_ based shapechange spell might, and a
> shapechange could put you into the shape of a mouse, which could slip
> though. I could dig out my grimoire and check, but I'm sure someone already
> knows the answer)
Guys, I know this is opening up a rather large can of worms again, so going on
the principle of trying to use some of the existing rules in the books, but
with a twist on them.
Using the Hide rules from R2, I believe a projecting individual could perform
an astral Hide maneuver, which makes them harder to see when either being
pursued or when trying to stake out a location. The pc would roll their
Grade, in dice, and augmented by any dice from their Magic Pool (and Centering
is not allowed as per the rules), with a target number set by the gm.
Guys, I know this is using a rule in a different fashion, but I do think that
a projecting individual could use the Hide option for vehicles out of R2.
And if a gm were particularly tired of the standard astral rules for movement,
they could consider the following. The Max speed of a projecting person is
their (Attribute x 1000). Their rate of acceleration is (Willpower). The
person has a "base handling" of 3. The projecting individual would roll their
Charisma + Grade in dice, as their skill in piloting their way around in the
astral. Okay, so this makes getting to maximum speed a bit hairy, but it
sounds better than being able to go from nothing to "light speed" and back to
nothing again.
Guys, let's try and keep this civil, and perhaps we can use the rules of SR,
but with different twists.
Mike (Who is not wanting to start another flame war over this).
