From:	Cobra <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject:	Re: More thoughts about clones and magic
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 17:19:15 +0200

> Last night I posted an idea about a teleport spell using
> clones, and that lead me to think about something else. You
> can use DNA like a blood sample, skin, or hair as a ritual
> link. Now what if the target of the ritual has a clone? Since
> this clone's DNA is an exact replica of the target's, what
> happens to the ritual spell? Does it affect the target, the
> clone, or both simultaneously?

IMO, DNA is distinct from aura. And a spell uses aura synchronization to
get its effect done. So, the target is the one from which you took the sample.
Please remember that a clone is only a subject with the DNA as you. I don't
think DNA is the only thing that makes us who we are...

> Let's say it's the latter (which is the result I am leaning
> toward); consider this. Let's say a mage wants to take out a
> large group of people in one fell swoop (like a rioting mob,
> or an enemy army). Insert a group of clones (all alike) into
> the mob at spaced intervals. The mage then casts a ritual into
> the target; one of the clones, or the original. The spell will
> ground out through all the clones. If an area effect physical
> spell was cast, a very large area could be covered. The clones
> would probably get wasted, but so would a lot of people in the
> target area.
> What do you think? Feasible, whacked-out, or just plain silly?

Nope IMO (see above). Anyway, you have more easier way to handle that :
1/ Cast a big spell. You increase the radius by 2 meters for each die. You
can also use fetish foci to increase the pool (it's to you if it also
increases the range). If you cast it during a ritual, you will add the
different pools together.
2/ If you allow a ritual to be targeted at many targets by using multiple
samples (this isn't SR canon and I would use multiple targets rule as a
GM), you could have the same kind of result.

- Cobra.