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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 12-April 06 Member No.: 8,455 ![]() |
I've been pondering a few things of late, and thought I might resurface and see what folks think of some of them.
One of those topics is inhabited wimps--specifically, how do they work? I'll try to break the question up into a few parts, so they don't all run into each other. 1. Is a wimp a living or non-living vessel? Or, does a wimp effectively become a zombie the instant that it is Inhabited, no matter what its characteristics might have been prior to Inhabitation? 2. If it is a living vessel: A. What is the target roll to inhabit it? B. Does it have Essence? If so, does this Essence decrease if 'ware is added? And, does it "die" (and all DNI ware become unusable by the spirit) if Essence goes negative? C. What are the mental "base stats" of a wimp? Do they increase if the appropriate 'ware is added? D. Does a Flesh Form also gain the DNI benefits of a Hybrid? RAW certainly (IMHO) seems to imply that this is the case, but I don't think it comes out and says it in a rules-lawyer-proof way. E. Does an inhabiting spirit suffer any negatives (particularly, Magic decrease) from inhabiting a low-Essence living vessel, or is all pre-Inhabitation 'ware "free"? 3. If it is a non-living vessel: A. What is the target roll (OR) to inhabit it? B. Do its biological processes stop once disconnected from its life support? Can the spirit in any way maintain them to prevent decay or produce the illusion of life? C. Does the spirit gain any use of 'ware, beyond purely physical (e.g., limb replacements, bone strengthening)? Depending on the answers, inhabited wimps are either good for nothing that skillwired wageslaves can't already do, or moderately useful, or even extremely overpowered. Now... yank the wimp's brain out, put it in a jarhead, and *then* have the spirit Inhabit the brain. Do any of these answers change? Can the spirit even "see" anything (and would fiber-optic cables tied to a retina/optic nerve "fix" the problem)? |
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