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[sir fwank]

say Runner is infiltrating random corporate building. Runner is physical masked force 5 with 3 successes, carrying a light pistol w/ 1 extra clip of explosive rounds, and is implanted with various cyberware. He's even got a stole ID card to trick the guard. so he gets in the building flashes his id to the guard and gets waved on. ahead he sees that he has to walk through a combo MAD, Cyberscanner, Chemsniffer. Runner, being naive about magic figures he's good to go and strolls on through the scanner arch. what happens?

personally, i think he trips all three, most likely. i don't think illusion spells cover anything that he is carrying. but is there some illusion spell that i missed or should there be one? and what about spirit concealment, would that work?

[Sunday_Gamer]

Like I said, the way we use it, yes it could definitely alter your DNA but the mage casting the spell would need to know about that sort of stuff. If he was trying to imitate someone else, he would not only need to know a fair bit on DNA but he'd also need to have the subjects precise DNA sequence.

Also, we use mimicry skills as a prereq roll for any mask designed to replicate an existing person, the better the mimicry roll, the closer the match.

So in theory, a mage could give himself the appearance, smell, voice, fingerprint, retinal print, DNA sequencing etc etc of someone else, but he would need:

A good mimicry skill and a hell of a roll.
Working knowledge of the races biology.
More than working knowledge of the races DNA.
A copy of the targets fingerprints, retinal prints and DNA sequencing.

The rolls would be obscene, but in theory, possible.

Sunday.