| From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New use for Masking) |
| Date: | Sat, 16 May 1998 00:58:00 -0500 |
>At 10:04 PM 5/14/98 EDT, you wrote:
<SNIP>
>Well, this brings up a question. What does the caster's aura look like
>when they shapechange into, say, a mouse? That's pretty easy I think,
they
>still retain the same aura, that of the (meta)human magician.
>>Let's say that a spell has a given Force of 5 when cast by the
projecting
>>magician. It alters his astral projecting self into something that is
more
>>pliant or more "acceptable/compatible" with a given mana barrier that
is say
>>Force of 5 as well.
>This sounds similar to the Aura Symmetry of Awakenings, but more
>complicated.
>>Basically the spell would allow for a projecting magician the ability
to
>>alter the general "abstract spacial compatibility" of him/her (it?)
self. It >>would only work when trying to penetrate various types of
"astral barriers". >>This -might- include passive barriers such as the
"Living Wall" theory. In >>this case, the target number would a
"6" or a
"4" (GM's decision of course),
>>with a number of successes being required equal to the actual barrier
rating
>>of the wall/material in question. Because the "Living Wall" idea is
"Passive
>>Astral" in nature, it is an unresisted test in that the barrier does
NOT roll >>against the spell. Active Barriers, such as Wards, Mana
Barriers, Lodges,
>>etcera...are actively present and thus gain the ability to penetrate
such.
>Okay, what can change an aura. Cyberware dims or fuzzs parts of an
aura,
>but it's still the same "flavor" as it were.
>
>Cybermancy? I would think that this would alter/shift an aura in many
>ways, perhaps even altering that "flavor" this is a sort of astral
>fingerprint (i.e. unique to each person).
>
>Quickenings as I understand them from the sourcebooks and fiction sort
of
>are integrated into aura, but don't actually change the aura itself.
>
>Nothing else can alter an aura. It maintains it's basic shape and
>size.
>
>But let's say I were to allow an aura to "shapechange." It would
clearly
>have to be a cybermantic spell/ritual. That's the only thing I know of
>that could possibly alter an aura. And it would probably have lasting,
and
>nasty, affects on the Target, such as ol'Wafflemeister's new magical
flaws
>or something.
>
>But altering the size/shape of an aura or astral presence is simply not
>possible given SR's cosmology and the current "tech" levels of magic.
>
>Erik J.
<SNIP Sig>
The Astral Self is based on an idealized self image so what about a spell
that for x amount of time changed what your self-image was? (VERY
dangerous)
Also through Intiation you can make slight changes to your spell
signature so you might rule that through Intiation you can also make
small changes to your Astral Self.
D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum)
BTW, Apologies if I SNIPed to little or too much of the previous messages
...
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