| From: | Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New use for Masking) |
| Date: | Sat, 16 May 1998 17:59:16 EDT |
writes:
Hey, my mailer cam back from it's vacation ....
> > 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)
>
> The only problem that -I- see with that is the a spell has problems with
the
> "duration" concept. In the games here, we re-adapted the "Anchoring
> duration
> table" in the grimoire" so as to function as a way for a spell to be
"self-
> sustaining" in a limited fashion. Basically, the spell would last for a
> variable amount of time, as determined by the table in reference to the
> spell
> design.
Perhaps some limitations would do then. First limitation on the spell is that
it is technically instantaneous, it has to be cast more than once to get
through different obstacles. Second, the obstacles have to have some sort of
opening in them. Third, the spell gives extra dice for a mage to try and
"squeeze" their way through the hole in the barrier, and the target number to
get through is something set by the gm, and, IMHO, the smaller the opening,
the higher the target number.
> In the "Astral Changeling" spell concept I was bouncing around here, the
"
> Deep
> Mind Interaction" modifiers were used as a way to sort of compensate for
the
> changes to the "Aura" itself, a way of measuring the drain for the spell
> design at is were.
>
> > 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.
>
> I don't know if this is Canon or not, but in the games here, we allow for
an
> Initiate to opt to change his/her astral signature on a "permanent" basis
> when
> they advance in a grade. The cost is that the initiate does not gain the
> benefits of the Grade towards his/her magical attribute.
Keith, this rule is in the Awakenings, and it is something that all initiates
can perform whenever they go up in grade.
> From the POV of ritual casting made at the person, it would count as a
"Poor
> Link" Magical Edge IMO. If you did it in stages, then perhaps the benefits
> could be cumulative. Kind of like the way a "Retrain Datatrail" throws
off
> search cycles in the Matrix. It's a strange comparison I know, but it's the
> only -in game- comparison I could think of quickly.
Hmmm, I'm gonna have to think about this one some more.
-Mike
