 Sympathetic Links, Came up in another thread |
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 Nov 29 2006, 10:51 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409  |
Ok a sympathetic link is a representaion of someone else so you don't really need a sample to do ritual magic on them.
So, could one conceivably use said bunraku puppet, as a sympathetic link? Or would you just end up toasting the "link" or another bunraku puppet with the same specifications? The tricky part, in my mind, is the personality, would that even come into play at all? Don't have my books handy so don't know if it nixes it in the rules, which I don't remember them mentioning it one way or the other. |
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Nov 29 2006, 04:55 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
What a cool idea!
My knee-jerk reaction is, if a player came at me wanting to do this, I'd allow it, but a glitch will definitely target the look-alike. |
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Nov 29 2006, 05:35 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
It's been awhile since I looked at the rules, but as I recall, the mage using the link has to have created it--examples of this are voodoo dolls, pictures, etc.
This could certainly be interesting for plastic surgeons who are also mages... |
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Nov 29 2006, 07:21 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I toyed with an idea like this once. Never again.
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Nov 29 2006, 08:52 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
However it doesn't make the idea any less viable.
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Nov 29 2006, 09:15 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
True.
However, I should point out that what y'all are discussing is a symbolic link - making an image in the form of the target. If you did allow a person to act as a sympathetic link, it would have to be someone touched by the target, like the prostitute the target used the night before (Recently Handled Object), their favorite prostitute or mistress (Oft-Handled Object), etc. |
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Nov 29 2006, 09:21 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Um, oops. Yeah, I've been talking about symbolic links, I guess. Not sympathetic.
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Nov 30 2006, 03:09 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
Ahh, so I used the wrong term, but it still seems viable.
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Dec 1 2006, 04:57 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
"Recently Handled Object."
I like that. |
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Dec 1 2006, 05:38 AM
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I still desperately wish that I had saved that little gem. It was far far better than most snuff stories on the internet and, for that mater, far far better than much of the fiction Shadowrun fiction out there. |
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