Spoofing your aura, Can you? |
Spoofing your aura, Can you? |
Jul 13 2006, 04:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
Can someone spoof his aura to "fake" a different emotion than the ones he is currently having?
Can someone else do it for you? (With SR3 rules btw if there are official rules) |
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Jul 13 2006, 05:05 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Aside from possible emotional-control methods, there's always Masking.
~J |
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Jul 13 2006, 05:11 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Masking says you can spoof auras, but does that mean you can fake emotional content? And if so, how would you treat that for dice roll purposes? Stealth (aura)?
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Jul 13 2006, 05:54 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
You can always cast Control Emotions on yourself and mask the spell. But, this wouldn't be spoofing. Its a great tactic for dealing with the Fear power.
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Jul 13 2006, 06:08 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 22-January 03 Member No.: 3,945 |
hmm other question:
would it be possible through meditation(no magic involved) to appear perfectly calm? |
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Jul 13 2006, 06:12 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
If I had a player who wanted to spend knowledge skill points on something like that, I'd allow it.
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Jul 13 2006, 07:45 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Wouldn't it be easier for the PC to simply force himself to feel a different emotion? Rather than feeling embarassed, he distracts himself so he feels bored (or annoyed or whatever), just like what you'd use to avoid blushing or setting off a lie detector?
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Jul 13 2006, 08:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
Would it change your aura or simply your manners?
In fact, the real question is: How much can "acting" affect your true feelings? |
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Jul 13 2006, 08:50 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I think it would change your aura, as long as you're legitimately leading your mind away from things rather than just hiding it. My rule of thumb would be, if you are no longer showing involuntary signs of the emotion, then you are successfully changing that emotion.
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Jul 13 2006, 09:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
The reason I was asking this question is because my players yesterday encountered a Johnson that seemed to suffer a severe panic attack.
(he claimed that he was attacked by the 405 Hellhounds Go-Gang and they stole his briefcase that contained a datachip that the runners were supposed to have for the run) When one of the mage did an aura reading upon him, I told the player that he sensed a deep stress in his aura. |
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Jul 13 2006, 09:07 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
I would think that lying to a group of hired killers would be deeply stressful.
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Jul 13 2006, 09:27 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
In 2xs, Jocasta says that she's suspicious of one character, because he's in the middle of a management battle, and yet his aura reads calm. The only way that would happen is if he could mask it, and to do that, he'd have to secretly be a magician. I don't think Mr. Johnson could mask his aura without being a better magician than the dudes in the party.
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Jul 13 2006, 09:31 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Indeed. Which is why you usually lie to the person you hire to hire the Shadowrunners, IMG. ~J |
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Jul 14 2006, 08:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
Sounds like the Johnson pulled off his lie nicely then, since I think being attacked by a go-gang would definitely be enough to cause deep stress ;) |
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Jul 14 2006, 08:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
If this was SR4 I think I'd allow someone to try and control their own emotions with a Con roll, or maybe a Willpower+Charisma roll, with suitable penalties according to circumstances.
Reckon nezumi's right: it doesn't necessarily need magic. |
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