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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