| From: | Manx timburke@*******.com.au |
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| Subject: | Desperate Pathetic Magic Question |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 23:55:25 +1000 |
I thought that it was time to bring this pain in the
ass question to the list for some fresh adjudication.
This problem has been the bane of my Cat Shaman's
existence for some time now. It revolves around the
interpretation of the 'Improved Invisibility' spell.
One of the players in my game (who was our
_former_ SR2 GM) insists that his street sam
with thermo cybereyes can see me when I cast
Improved Invisibility on myself. He claims that
this spell effects only visible light and as such
that thermographic vision does not utilise the
normal spectrum of human vision. As it stands
every dumb turd with thermo can see me
when I use the spell. It defeats the purpose.
I counter in that I see Improved Invisibility as
an Indirect Illusion Spell, in that it actually
manipulates energy to fool the senses, in
this case hiding my image. I would imagine
that the spell would work across the entire
light spectrum and not just the part visible
to MetaHumanity. Especially considering
that different Metatypes have access to
different parts of the spectrum. And when
I get really pissed off with him I just say
"What the fuck is the point of a spell that
will fool technological devices but not
any Dwarf, Troll or cheapshit radioshack
thermo camera. If that is the case then
why isn't _every_ camera fitted with thermo?"
In any case detecting invisible mages/shaman
is the work of Ultrasound IMHO.
Could people offer me any opinions/comments
or page references.
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Manx // timburke@*******.com.au // #950
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt
and then it's just hilarious." - Faith No More
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