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LinaInverse
post Oct 27 2004, 06:30 PM
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This is something that came up whimsically during our last game, but it's now piqued my curiosity.

Most of SR understandably revolves around combat or other hostile situations. But even the most aggressive runners aren't running 24/7/365; everyone needs downtime. Most campaigns just don't talk about those times because it's usually going to be boring to roleplaying your Chromed Sammy or Combat Mage picking up groceries and dry-cleaning from the local supermarket. I was thinking though whether or not any of these chars ever used their "abilities" to help out in day-to-day life.

The topic I was thinking was Spirit services (equally applicable to Elementals, though much more costly in nuyen). In my last game, my character's (Shaman) new sports car got vandalized and I jokingly said to my GM that I'll just conjure a City Spirit to wash it for me. But is it possible for a Shaman who wants to be lazy to burn a service asking the spirit to do something menial (but albiet far safer)? Usually when we think of services, we talk about adding casting dice, sustain that spell, confuse that enemy, etc. Could I have had a Spirit burn 1 service to physically manafest, then another service to do physical labor? Would it have consequences? Do spirits "harbor a grudge"? For that matter, when I conjure in general, do I necessarily get the same poor spirit over and over?

I mean, could you envision a Sammy using his retractable claws to skirt a steak for fajita prep over a grill? Or having a Rigger dispatch a drone to pick up his dry-cleaning through a drive-through cleaner?
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- LinaInverse   Wash my car!   Oct 27 2004, 06:30 PM
- - lorthazar   Well let's see do spirits harbor grudges. Neve...   Oct 27 2004, 06:37 PM
- - Fortune   The Services listed in canon are only examples giv...   Oct 27 2004, 06:41 PM
- - GaiasWrath8   LOL, that was great. I fully agree with that last ...   Oct 27 2004, 06:42 PM
- - Dashifen   Aren't cyberspurs on your feet?   Oct 27 2004, 06:47 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   And why would you be eating a stake? Or is that s...   Oct 27 2004, 06:48 PM
- - Dashifen   Yeah tag team harassment. we take this too seriou...   Oct 27 2004, 06:48 PM
- - Ecclesiastes   You people must live sad sad lives. ... Crap, so ...   Oct 27 2004, 06:50 PM
- - Req   QUOTE (lorthazar)Well let's see do spirits har...   Oct 27 2004, 06:55 PM
- - LinaInverse   When I said skirt steak, I meant that most fajita ...   Oct 27 2004, 06:57 PM
- - Fortune   Note that he did say any Spirit except a Free one.   Oct 27 2004, 06:58 PM
- - RangerJoe   Sigh... I suppose professors of thaumatology prefe...   Oct 27 2004, 06:59 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   Air elementals take some hours to hire, time to te...   Oct 27 2004, 07:02 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Air elementals also don't have any Skill.   Oct 27 2004, 07:04 PM
- - RangerJoe   Perhaps true. I'm less worried now. Just doubl...   Oct 27 2004, 07:06 PM
- - hobgoblin   i thought they used force for all skill tests, wit...   Oct 27 2004, 08:04 PM
- - Siege   I can tell this is the more amusing variant of the...   Oct 27 2004, 08:12 PM
- - RangerJoe   QUOTE Spirits and dragons may perform the same act...   Oct 27 2004, 08:13 PM
- - Nikoli   I would judge that on case by case depending on ta...   Oct 27 2004, 08:19 PM
- - Siege   Which raises yet another interesting thought - can...   Oct 27 2004, 08:23 PM
- - LinaInverse   QUOTE (Nikoli) I would judge that on case by case ...   Oct 27 2004, 08:30 PM
- - Req   No, summon a fire elemental. Order it to beat the...   Oct 27 2004, 08:30 PM
- - DocMortand   QUOTE (Siege @ Oct 27 2004, 03:23 PM) Which r...   Oct 27 2004, 09:11 PM
- - Bigity   Nevermind washing the car, how about washing a per...   Oct 27 2004, 09:13 PM
- - DocMortand   Heh - a water elemental to clear all that wax out ...   Oct 27 2004, 09:19 PM
- - LinaInverse   QUOTE (DocMortand)A new way to pick your nose or a...   Oct 27 2004, 09:27 PM
- - DocMortand   Just make sure to make your butler semi-intelligen...   Oct 27 2004, 09:31 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (DocMortand @ Oct 27 2004, 04:11 PM) QU...   Oct 27 2004, 09:54 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (DocMortand) And why the heck would you want...   Oct 27 2004, 10:59 PM
- - Stumps   silly people...no one should need ponder the diver...   Oct 27 2004, 11:13 PM
- - Corporate Raider   This whole issue may be the biggest problem I have...   Oct 27 2004, 11:18 PM
- - Fortune   I don't recall anything of the sort. Do you ha...   Oct 27 2004, 11:24 PM
- - Necro Tech   I don't know about summoning the same nature s...   Oct 28 2004, 12:29 AM
- - Kanada Ten   Nature Spirits are allies and friends of the shama...   Oct 28 2004, 12:38 AM
- - ES_Riddle   QUOTE (LinaInverse) I mean, could you envision a S...   Oct 28 2004, 12:43 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Not if properly sterilized. I'd assume you...   Oct 28 2004, 12:49 AM
- - toturi   I have this idea of a Hearth spirit nanny while th...   Oct 28 2004, 12:49 AM
- - Req   QUOTE (toturi) I have this idea of a Hearth spirit...   Oct 28 2004, 02:12 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE Having your Hearth Spirit clean house with y...   Oct 28 2004, 03:30 AM
- - Edward   It dose suggest that a Sharman should respect his ...   Oct 28 2004, 05:47 AM
- - Kayne   QUOTE (Edward)Heretics look upon elementals s tool...   Oct 28 2004, 09:02 AM
- - LinaInverse   Couple of people now saying that "spirits hav...   Oct 28 2004, 03:33 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Spirits are a creation of the summoner's will....   Oct 28 2004, 03:38 PM
- - toturi   Where is that thread anyway? Can't find it...   Oct 28 2004, 03:52 PM
- - BaronJ   Hmm.. it's an interesting proposition. When y...   Oct 28 2004, 04:36 PM
- - Nikoli   Fire elemental, pumping gas... Anyone else see a f...   Oct 28 2004, 04:38 PM
- - Stumps   I better like the elemental shofer(I know I spelle...   Oct 28 2004, 04:41 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   chaufer (drekin' foreign words picked up and n...   Oct 28 2004, 04:54 PM
- - LinaInverse   Are you guys talking about a chauffeur? The probl...   Oct 28 2004, 04:57 PM
- - Fortune   Default to Reaction just like everyone else.   Oct 28 2004, 05:04 PM
- - Adarael   I've had elementals for tea and for dinner a c...   Oct 28 2004, 07:18 PM
- - Siege   Which bothers me only because I wasn't aware u...   Oct 28 2004, 10:15 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I think it ends up being more what they identify w...   Oct 28 2004, 10:16 PM
- - Siege   Sorry, it still gives me a headache - a genderless...   Oct 28 2004, 10:20 PM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE Also, what about another scenario between ...   Oct 28 2004, 10:24 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Siege) Sorry, it still gives me a headache ...   Oct 28 2004, 10:51 PM
- - GaiasWrath8   Wonder if a spirit could check out a girl for you ...   Oct 28 2004, 10:54 PM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE Wonder if a spirit could check out a girl fo...   Oct 28 2004, 10:56 PM
- - GaiasWrath8   Well I think I have an idea. I will start a dating...   Oct 28 2004, 11:00 PM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE Well I think I have an idea. I will start a ...   Oct 28 2004, 11:07 PM
- - GaiasWrath8   Well it would have been funny...   Oct 28 2004, 11:09 PM
- - Kanada Ten   Actually, I'm was trying to say you need to do...   Oct 28 2004, 11:12 PM
- - Siege   Snicker. Ya know, a free spirit hooker would make...   Oct 28 2004, 11:28 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Kanada Ten) (anime / anima, IIRC). Anim...   Oct 28 2004, 11:34 PM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Oct 28...   Oct 29 2004, 12:13 AM
- - Kremlin KOA   yeah anime is the non gender specific version (sho...   Oct 29 2004, 12:34 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Wouldn't it be animum? ~J   Oct 29 2004, 01:04 AM
- - Joker9125   I had a quadrapelegic mage character once (who is ...   Oct 29 2004, 02:10 AM
- - Kanada Ten   It's really so much cheaper to buy a drone tha...   Oct 29 2004, 02:13 AM
- - Joker9125   Yea but drones just arnt his style He also has a...   Oct 29 2004, 02:23 AM
- - Toptomcat   What did you BUY with all those points!?   Oct 29 2004, 03:01 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   Apparently, sorcery, conjuring, spells, and either...   Oct 29 2004, 03:08 AM
- - Joker9125   Hmm lets see homeground, bonus attribute point Cha...   Oct 29 2004, 04:24 AM
- - Shockwave_IIc   QUOTE (Joker9125) and 3 spirit affinitys (house ru...   Oct 29 2004, 11:23 AM
- - Crusher Bob   For a hermetic mage, this advantage is largely eco...   Oct 29 2004, 11:41 AM


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