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post Mar 6 2006, 01:32 PM
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It's clear that the down side of being dual natured is that such critters can be attacked on the astral plane but the critters stats in the book don't include any Astral Combat skill so can they defend them selves at all?

The obvious thing to do is to let them use their physical combat skills on the astral plane but the rules don't let them do that.

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SR4 p.287 : Dual-natured creatures have the ability to perceive and interact with the astral plane in the same way as characters using astral perception.


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SR4 p.184 : Astrally perceiving and dual natured characters use their physical attributes and skills to fight opponents with a physical body, and their Willpower + Astral Combat skill to fight wholely astral entities.


So if I set a spirit on a barghest on the astral plane the barghest must use Astral Combat because the spirit is wholely astral, a skill which it doesn't have and which can't be defaulted.

It seems the only time you can use physical combat skills on the astral plane is if you are astrally perceiving and have a weapons focus.

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SR4 p.191 : The character still relies on her physical attributes and skills in combat; the weapon focus merely makes him more effective. This also applies to astrally perceiving characters fighting an opponent on the astral plane.
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