| From: | Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: More thoughts about clones and magic |
| Date: | Wed, 20 May 1998 16:45:42 -0500 |
>
> 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, the "ritual sample" is a magical / sybolical link- DNA has little
to do with it. You can use a ritual sample even from INANIMATE
OBJECTS. Say you use the CPU from the flight control comp on Fighter
jet- thats a "vital component", easily a valid linkto the plane. Does
that mean using that link would afect EVERY similar Fighter jet? Of
course not, but the jets are effectively as similar as your clones.
Also, consider this- the "platelet factory" is a modification to the
bone marrow. Bone marrow transplants are possible today. Bone marrow
produces blood. A marrow transplants blood is genetically that of the
DONOR. Would a marrow transplant recipient's, or a platelet feactory
user's, blood be a ritual link to the donor (or whatever produced the
platelet factory)? No.
BTW, the "teleport" spell you areproposing already exists, sorta, in
awkenings. It is called"possesion", and could probably be cast
ritually, on a clone of the mage (or whoever). However, the mages OLD
body must not die, and the spell is sustained duration. A "permenant"
version would seem unlikely, as would one that allowed you to let your
old body die.
-Mongoose X
