| From: | NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com |
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| Subject: | Spirit domains (was Re: Misc Questions) |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Oct 2000 23:11:13 -0500 |
Subject: Re: Spirit domains (was Re: Misc Questions)
> >A thought just struck me; what kind of nature spirit can you summon
inside
> a
> >plane? Its not open to the sky, so no sky spirits but people only spend
a
> >few hours a day inside at a time, which is hardly inhabiting it, so no
> >hearth spirits. And for that matter, what kind of nature spirit lives in
> >automated factorys?
>
> I use a house rule I snatched from somewhere (with my gratitude if
> he/she happens to be on the list). It basically states in the case of a
> disputed area the caster can choose. Thus in a driveway you might summon a
> hearth or city spirit. On a windblown peak you could summon a sky or
> mountain spirit. Bascially if a case could reasonalbly be made for a type
of
> spirit to be there, I'll consider letting it be summoned.
Just for clarification, the latter portion of this is NOT a house rule, but
a standard rule regarding Nature Spirits (Not Spirits of Man). If you are
on a Forested Mountain Side, you can call upon Mountain, Forest, All Spirits
of the Sky and depending upon what else may be in the environmental
vicinity, perhaps even a River (Spring) or Lake spirit as well (if said
waterways are in the immediate vicinity of the conjuring shaman.
The trick about the Shaman in a driveway would be arguable. Let me give
some examples.
*IN* the driveway itself, is most likely City Spirit, IF the property is
part of a greater city domain. Additionally, the shaman (if able to by
totemic availabilities/restrictions) should be able to call upon Spirits of
the Sky of the appropriate types (Storm spirits are the tricky ones).
*IN* the covered/protected portion of the driveway is most likely Hearth
Spirit domain, unless the garage is a parking garage that is part of a
larger area. In either case, the shaman is not going to be able to call
upon most, if any, Spirits of the Skies.
Additional notes:
*ON* a street in front of a property is most likely City spirits if the
street is part of a larger community.
*ON* a road that is surrounded by fields (such as in much of the american
midwest and related farming/agricultural territories) is likely to actually
be Field Spirits. The possibilities of Prairie/Plains and Forest spirits of
course also exist.
*ON* a highway is also most likely as subjectable to the surrounding domain
types. Interstates and heavily trafficked roadways might be argued as being
City spirits after a fashion, regardless of the surrounding environment.
*ON* a street that moves through a larger city, county, state or national
park is likely to be Forest, Field or perhaps even Prairie/Plains spirit
turf, depending on the prevailing conditions of the park itself.
*ON* a bridge that is over a body of water is subject to also being able to
call upon spirits of the appropriate water type (River, Lake, Sea, Swamp).
This also holds true for a pier or boat dock. Some larger piers would also
have the option of calling upon Hearth, City and other even more varied
environments.
Possible Additions
In a territory that is undergoing a state of transition from one domain
category to another, Background Count is likely to be fluxual *AND* hostile
to shamanic magic. Converting an acre of forest into an acre of farmland
for instance is likely to generate a +1 (or even higher if the land has
particular energies aligned to it) Background Count to all shamanic (and
probably other types as well) magic that occurs within its boundary. The
energies will likely only subside after some amount of time (we usually say
one complete lunar cycle) after the time of transitiion has been completed).
One must also remember that regions of extreme transitory state, such as
those places undergoing dramatic climactic or environmental change (impeding
glacial flows, forest fires, vulcanist expression (volcano, geysers) and
other forms of tectonic or geomagnetic shift) will cause the exact
boundaries of a spiritual domain to shift or alter unexplainably or
surprisingly to a shaman who is not paying close attention to their
surrounding environment.
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