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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 20, 2008 8:12:41 GMT -5
Think of your downtime as ongoing - you have an opportunity to get it sorted out - this immediate meet will be too close for you to have got anything done - but whenever the next incident occurrs then you can use your newly gained training.. (even if in game ime it is only a week!) Think of it as you have started and are beginning to put it into practice in a month or so it will be well honed and understood - you got to start using and applying it sometime...!
Astral on the book still only gives an impression of being easy to see in - it does glaze over the information which it presents - it says you sense the emotion - if that is strong then you will probably see as well as smell feel hear it.. but it does say that it is mother earth that gives off the light - so cities are poor places for astral travelling as the place is covered with crete - people and plants are the life which generate astral light ..# you would get a lot from a crime scene even though indoors and usually black - the impressions given off would be readable - club cellars would have a dim 'enjoyment' backlight a streetmarket when closed (if they ever did) would be faintly lit by the aura of busy people wanting to shop and sell.. A bedroom may remain lustful for a few hours all giving off a glow a recent murder will still have the full impression of the incident - but will fade with time - the Star interrogation room will burn nastily bright for a good few months at least
your astral perception could be used to pick out clues - one success would gain the general scene wheras six would let you notice and read the three different auras in the place a couple of days back..
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 20, 2008 8:28:35 GMT -5
yup- cash for 'ware - one of the advantages sammies an tecchies get over what seems to be cheap spells for mages.. you can buy an install hardware - there is of course the cost involved and getting a doc...
Healing afterwards could prove lengthy though.. the op will take a day maybe.. for something big (essence 1 or more would be major surgery) and create deadly damge which will need rest and recouperation to overcome - or a serious spell to dramatically get you recovered quickly. I cant see any cut and dry rules for this - but a rough idea would be to undergo the op then float in a gel tank for a ... while.... where ordinary rules for medical recovery would apply. You would keep taking the antibiots and applying the creams for a couple of weeks for most cyber implants.. or have the new arm strapped up and taking it easy..
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 20, 2008 8:34:00 GMT -5
Hows your negociation skills F-E?
you got 50,000 as a base for the wasp story and evidence - you want to adjust? you are looking for more cash.. Illiya is interested in vampire stories.. which way will the trade go?
course - you could take the cash and look into stories as well.. Diddnt Shade say he used to look into crime scenes..
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Post by Braddoc on Aug 20, 2008 16:07:07 GMT -5
Negociation 5/Fast Talk 7...
As for our cause; did get a couple of specimen...some still fresh toxin..picture, sucure the site, warn them when the incident happend, helped them get info when the Medical Corps arrived, helped cleared the surroundings..granted most of the stuff Illiya might not care about, but for 'newbies' in this business, it was still well executed....not to mention detailed report (Hand written as well) and pictures and all...as for vampires..well did saw some Ork 'Ghoul' agian in the Cascade when I went there..can always talk about that one...not to mention Professor Fox's intrest in having some Wendigo blood.....and I suppose I, we, can alwasy be free in case there's soem vampires that needs to be checked upon..
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Post by Crimson D on Aug 20, 2008 23:47:06 GMT -5
Now might be a good time to bring up a new spell i have been mulling over in my head. I haven't been able to do any research into it since my computer's been down. I fianly got it working today and am currently backing up all my data. A friend got me a USB ext hdd for my b-day which was a few months back. The name of the spell is "Silver Sunlight." Guess what it does? lol!
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 21, 2008 17:27:24 GMT -5
all the guidelines for new spells are in the Magic ITS - Area effect sunlight? - it would have to be an elemental effect rather than an illusion as illusion can't damage.. Nova is close..
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Post by Crimson D on Aug 21, 2008 22:08:58 GMT -5
Actually it would be two effects. If the need really arises Shade will bring it up. After the meet he'll be overloaded plus I've re-thought the foci's form. A ring makes more sense.
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 22, 2008 7:04:00 GMT -5
A question here - when you are hit by a physical or an elemental attack - I presume that your resistance covers all of the things you carry as well
It leads to some strange effects - you could get a stituation where you take heavy damage but survive which then goes on to cook off grenades ammo etc which then kills you off...
these strange effects could be more effective than the initial attack!
bit like a phosphorous grenade - small explosion big effect!
If you have an active spell on you then the spell or the focii can be targetted even if the focii is around your neck under your flack vest.. if it is inactive, it can remain hidden from astral.
you could use weedy watchers to break down low power spells on an opponent too! I suspect that prior to any encounter the mages will have a little cloud of watchers for this sort of thing..
Which is where sammies come out on top as they dont get targetted - unless they carry active magics.
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Post by Braddoc on Aug 22, 2008 7:26:54 GMT -5
Then the question is what gets blown away after damage..I mena if you carry grenades outside on your combat webbing like in the movies you can get it targeted and shot..but if it's in your pocket you must get hit by a lucky shot tog et it to go off...not everyone fires at people's pockets, the ususally go for the chest by default most of the time.
Granted, get a flame thrower burst hitting you and you caught fire ok..but just getting shot at..the bullets might not go off, the grenades might when heated enought (or wiht good pressure)
I know plastique explosives is stable; you can burn it shoot it yell at it, it won't go off..but since grenade works with a build in detonator and it's not really armoured as such, the detonator gets it, the 'nade goes off.
Ouch..good thing for Docwagon contracts..speaking of since we're a crop, DocWagon won't come storlling in at the first beep fro us..they'll call Meg first, ask if it's ok to move in then move in..can I recommend maybe calling Docwagon before shit hits the fan (like now) and telling them that those in the team wiht a contract (or who will have one soon..got to work things out to first get everyone a SIN..even a corp one will do for registration) are ok to get picked up wiht DocWagon when their condition gets critical.
At least in this situation, we'll get picked up faster if we get done within the Commute's ground.
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Post by Crimson D on Aug 22, 2008 16:53:05 GMT -5
You make whats called a OR test. (Object resistance)
Now a quick word on the astral. Even when presiving you can't see though ppls cloths which means most mages look at your aura from your face and or hands when checking you out. Which would mean active or not, foci under cloths would remain hidden unless they poked their head though your cloths. However astral isn't all sight based, it could still be possible to sense a hidden foci's power. Keep in mind, if it's transparent in the real world, it's transparent on astral too.
Also, you can trigger your DW bracelet by hand.
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Post by Crimson D on Aug 26, 2008 0:21:05 GMT -5
So I was thinking tonight (bad sign) that university's have library ratings 10-12 and I started wondering what rating Dunk's would be. Their a collage JUST for mages so one would think they'd have the best of the best but I wanted everyone else's thought on this.
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 26, 2008 7:12:01 GMT -5
Negociation 5/Fast Talk 7... As for our cause; did get a couple of specimen...some still fresh toxin..picture, sucure the site, warn them when the incident happend, helped them get info when the Medical Corps arrived, helped cleared the surroundings..granted most of the stuff Illiya might not care about, but for 'newbies' in this business, it was still well executed....not to mention detailed report (Hand written as well) and pictures and all...as for vampires..well did saw some Ork 'Ghoul' agian in the Cascade when I went there..can always talk about that one...not to mention Professor Fox's intrest in having some Wendigo blood.....and I suppose I, we, can alwasy be free in case there's soem vampires that needs to be checked upon.. Blimey Fast talk 7.. You talk Illiya into the ground, piling on further information and evidence.. she is very interested in the emergance of ghouls and this Prof Fox especially as you mention his understanding of the Wendigo incident.. Thank you M. Delacroix - these other interested parties digging for information have come up with some precise details - they have been well informed.. You said they removed the ghoul presence.. do you have anything further on what Fox did or wanted to find? The area would still have some residue of the Wendigo spirit that could make the place attractive for other creatures.
A further 10,000 for your valuable time and effort ? Anyone delving into these creatures need further investigation - we shall see what we can discover and keep you informed..
Regarding the toxin in your report - it seems potent but short lived without the wasp. Commercially a no-goer but it could be manufactured by a competent bio-chemist who has need for a neurotoxin with a short life
Do you have any free time Megan? These reports do need checking out... We shall see if the professor Fox exists and use our connections to dig out reasons for his dabbling with the unliving.. do you know of him in the colleges?We are setting up reasonably well - the students are at work on their most laborious phase - and will soon be working on radical materials - in five or six month they should be ready for their final pieces. We now consolidate. Once they graduate successfully we will no longer be able to keep everything low key is my fear...
for now we do as best as we can
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Post by Braddoc on Aug 26, 2008 7:39:49 GMT -5
Removed the what?..REMOVED THE WHAT?
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Post by wolflet59 on Aug 26, 2008 7:58:08 GMT -5
The libraries would all be of a very high standard from most universities - plenty of resources would bring in god materials to delve into.. you buy them, write them, experiment, dig them up - have them donated etc - like museums!
for all intents and purposes I cannot see any characters using a F12+ spell or spirit because the drain would be too much.. these would be the things which initiate circles would work together on. I could well be wrong! Isnt 12 in anything a 'world leader' in that field.. any prestigeous organisation would have accesss to a lot of information.
You may need to go around a number of organisations to collect in specialist snippetts in order to create a really powerful effect.
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Post by Crimson D on Aug 26, 2008 8:46:37 GMT -5
I view that as a challenge wolf. Alright then. You wanna see Shade cast a F12 spell, just you wait.
*steeples hands* exxxxcccceellllent..
It just so happens I came up with a spell a few years back that fits this bill perfectly.
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