 Adepts and Quickening, a question of if |
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 Nov 4 2006, 06:01 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist  Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760  |
Okay a player in my group asked me a question that got me thinking.
If an Adept has the living focus ability from street magic can he aquire the quickening metamagic to use with these spells? I would say no,but I'm not sure. My gut says the Adept never has true control over the spell so can't quicken it, but the write ups don't make it clear. Any thoughts? |
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Nov 4 2006, 07:50 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I always pictured quickening similar to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, tying the threads off of the spell you cast, which, to me at least, suggests a level of control of the spell beyond maintaining it. It really has no basis in SR magic I suppose, just how I look at it.
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Nov 4 2006, 08:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 23-August 05 Member No.: 7,590 |
Sadly, I don't have a solid answer to your question. My call would be that adepts can't use Quickening unless they can cast spells (e.g. Mystic Adept), but that's just my personal interpretation/preference.
I'll add another question about the Living Focus power though, or maybe sustained spells in general. If a mage casts a levitation spell that an adept sustains, can the adept control the levitation fully or does the mage still have to "drive" him around? And more generally, if the mage casts and sustains a sustained spell on someone else, is it possible to give control of the spells effects to the person the spell is cast on? For example, if a mage casts levitation on another character, can the character control where he levitates? |
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Nov 4 2006, 08:16 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
An adept first quickens when he "dies" for the first time. After that, he can gain power by decapitating other adepts and stealing their quickenings.
There can be only one!! |
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Nov 4 2006, 08:23 PM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
No. There should have been only one. Sadly, they went on to make episodes II and III. :( |
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Nov 4 2006, 08:30 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
:please:
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Nov 4 2006, 08:36 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
They even made IV :eek:
Second part of the question, a sure no. First part, I might just allow an adept with living focus to take over the spell completely, so he can direct the levitate spell. I don't think it's in the rules... |
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Nov 4 2006, 08:46 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
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Nov 4 2006, 09:25 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,150 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex Member No.: 8,081 |
There can be only five? Nah, that sounds so wrong. The highlanderish seven, that's the ticket!
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Nov 5 2006, 10:19 AM
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Harlequin Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 331 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 861 |
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Nov 5 2006, 10:47 AM
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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 |
IV and V don't count because they were based on the TV series Universe and not the movie Universe. You see, the TV series is actually better than the movies in some ways due to the superior character development and character interactions. The action is a bit formulaic however, but the characters certainly make up for it. Unfortunately, it started sucking after they killed off Richie but a guest appearance by Roger Daltry was always brightened things up. But you shouldn't forget the new Anime movie or the heavily toned-down animated series (I understand that the animated series was aimed at children but it could have used more decapitations). |
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Nov 5 2006, 04:22 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
That could be said for just about anything. ;) |
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Nov 5 2006, 06:11 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 |
To weigh in on the actual subject at hand: I'd say, as mentioned, that a Mystical Adept, as a blend of Adept and more traditional caster/summoner, would be able to learn Quickening, but a straight up Adept wouldn't, for mainly the same reason common to that stance. They don't know how to use Sorcery, they can't control Mana in that fundamental mindset.
To weigh in on the tangent in two ways. First: AAAAAAUGH, another? Ok, bonus points for digging up the corpse of all of these actors careers, especially for bringing Methos in, but I see so much as one WWE wrestler and I will personally go make sure Adrian Paul has no chance of being the One. Second: I actually had a viable set of rules for handling Highlander style immortality in 3rd Edition a while back. Sadly all of those rules where scribbled in the margins of the sheet of the one Immortal I ever made, and the sheet has been lost. |
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Nov 6 2006, 12:50 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 13-April 06 Member No.: 8,459 |
You missed the animated one being made, so six :eek: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465657/ |
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