| From: | Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Prometheus Unbound (was Re: Astral Magic) |
| Date: | Mon, 18 May 1998 17:07:15 -0400 |
> But here's my best offering for those people that simply *must* have
> teleportation. A magical circle had to be set up and from there the spell
> was cast. Something like 12D Physical drain, flat rate. The caster then
> had a special charm that he kept with him. When the charm was used, it
> would teleport the caster back to the special magical circle. Naked. All
> active magical items disrupted (since the route taken back was an
> alternate dimension sort of thing).
>
> It made for a nice emergency exit when things got FUBAR squared, but it
> wasn't something to be used in 99.99% of situations.
>
> That is how I would suggest allowing teleportation if you are dead-set on
> having it.
That's good. Works for me because the drawbacks are so steep.
Here is another method I was thinking of that is based on the real world
teleportation that occurred recently. I'm no physicist, but from what I
understand of the experiment, what they actually did was they had two
particles linked in some fashion set at an X distance apart. To teleport the one
particle to the others location, nothing physical actually transposed space.
They simply copied the properties of particle A to particle B, and vice versa.
This caused A to take on the characteristics of B, and B of A, thus for all
intents and purposes becoming its counterpart. The end result is that A is now
where B was, and B likewise. This change occured instantly, so to an observer,
the two particles teleported.
Ok, let's relate this to a teleport spell. Mage creates an exact duplicate of
himself. (Clone). The spell would transport the mage's life force to the clone, or
back if the mage so desires. Of course, this would mean that the mage could
take nothing with him. It also means that a body would be lying around, but the
mage could hopefully plan for that contingency.
I know this is wacked-out, but is it feasible using Shadowrun magic?
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