Turn Wireless Signal to Orange Fresh Smell, attempts a interesting spell Options

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Ok here is the Spell: Turn Wireless Signal to Orange Fresh Scent

Transformation type of spell

Physical +1
Area Effect(Magic Rating Radius) +2
Very Restricted Target(Wireless Signals) -2
Sustained 0
Highly Processed Objects(4 successes to work) 0
Major Change(RF signal into olfactory component) +2
Environmental Manipulation -2
Totals +1 Force Rating

Why on oder rather just erase it, well oder can be smelled, Hacker would have lots of wireless signals, ie there scent would be greatly noticeable.

Why Orange fresh, well it is a fairly distinctive smell makes that Hacker really stand out so to speak. :D

But from what I have read on hacking, loosing the wireless signal, can result in dump shock.

Besides cast a group of opponents, unless they are wireless, everything wireless is smelling great. :rotfl:

Please point out where I may figured the Drain Code wrong. :)

[mfb]

you can't cast spells on things you can't see. that's why you take visibility mods on spellcasting tests. you can't possibly perceive radio waves, ergo you can't target them with a spell.

edit: nm, area spell.

i don't think this should be a pass/fail spell, because the spell it most closely resembles--chaff or whatever--isn't, as i recall. this spell should have, basically the same--if not less--effect as chaff, because of the added awesomeness of making your enemies smell funny.

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[Aaron]

I'd have called it "Fresh Orange Scent" rather than "Orange Fresh Smell." Unless I wanted the spell to come from Japan or China, then I'd leave it as it is.

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As a minor change the wireless signal could be turned into Elven Opera Songs. :D

[Lagomorph]

[WearzManySkins]

Very true about radios.

But I believe this spell can be used on drones also, at least impairing the drones function.

[Aaron]

I do have a few issues with the drain code.

First, I'm not entirely convinced that "wireless signals" constitutes a Very Restricted Target. The description for Very Restricted Target talk about individuals.

I also can't agree with the Environmental Effect modifier. You're not changing the properties of an area, you're changing energy into matter. An environmental effect would be a change in temperature or an increase in the resistance to sound waves.

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Environmental Area Spells

Alter Temperature, increasing or decreasing the entropy(energy state) of matter

Clean Element it you could purify gold of any impurities, molecular restructuring at least.

Element Aura, creating energies out of nothing,. lets say from that elements dimension. :)

Element Wall, same as the above

Interference, Jamming all wireless signals in an area, creating wireless signals out of nothing.

Mana Static, increasing the background count, no creating but intensifying what is there.

Mist, condensing water vapor into a visible mist

Offensive Mana Barrier, solidifying mana into a barrier

Pulse, creating a Electro Magnetic Pulse to render devices inoperative, generally this is only available from a nuclear explosion. Creating energy out of nothing.

Shape, restructure matter into a form of the casters choosing.

There is Einstein's energy equals matter accelerated to the speed of light squared, this spell is merely decelerating the energy so it turns back into matter.

As for very restricted target....then we could use restricted effect for a -1. :)

[Demon_Bob]

Trouble is once you turned all the wireless signals into an Orange Fresh Smell the devices would no longer be transmitting a wireless signal but a smell and so the spell would end.
You might as well make it instant.
Besides, how many signals are buzzing through air around you right now from various sources. The Orange Fresh Smell would not have enough strength from any one direction for anything except for a specially trained Orange tracking Bloodhound to find.
In a crowded office you would just hear,"Why isn't this working?" and "Is that a new cleaner?"

Why don't you just call it what your looking for Lemony Fresh Jamming spell.
With hits reducing the signal strength

[WearzManySkins]

Well for the more mundane, you could merely shift the frequency of the wireless to above or below what the wireless devices use. Rendering them effectively useless.

The manipulation spell of Deflection keeps turning aside ranged combat attacks, as long as is is sustained.

I am under the impression that wireless devices continue to emit signal until turned off of instructed not to transmit.

Using the above deflection spell, as long as it is sustained it transforms the emitted wireless signals.

Yes a instant version of the spell could be made. Timed correctly could cause a hacker or technomage to get some dump shock.

[Demon_Bob]

Was being silly.

Ok, so for the Lemony Fresh Jamming Spell.
Physical +1; Area +2; Extended Area +2; Physical Manipulation +0; Special Effect Lemon Scent +0; Touch -2 (because I plan to be the center of the spell) for (F/2)+3. Jams all signals in AoE with signal less than hit scored by spellcaster.
Range = Magic*Force*10

Deflecting the incomming wireless signals should really only protect you. The equivalent would be as though your Firewall was increased by the number of hits.

[MaxHunter]

This is a firm candidate for BEST SPELL EVER!!! Suffer, turn to goo, suffer!!

Cheers,

Max :grinbig: :rotate:

[Aaron]

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Actually I was intending the spell to be cast at or near the enemy wireless users.

They could be done via detect enemies, detect resonance, or LOS.

But this spell brings the Team concept back into place ie, with out a hacker in your team your are vulnerable to what a hacker/technomancer can do to you and your gear.

I see the only defense against this spell type is Counter Spelling by a mage.

So unless a hacker/technomage has a mage in his team, to use Counter Spelling to defend against this spell, then they could be at risk.

But I see the technomage at greatest risk for dump shock this spell "might" cause.

Bob the Interference spell basically does what you have described.

To me the spell is more useful to be cast away at or near the enemies.

As of right now I would have the spell transform the wireless signals above or below the signal range of wireless.

[Demon_Bob]

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[Ravor]

Well just to second what another poster has said, this spell should work like Chaff with the smell being an added FX.

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[Ravor]

And then I'd veto the spell. :cyber:

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[Ravor]

:mad: Turn to Goo :mad:?


Well if Turn to Goo is ever fixed so that it no longer stupidly flaunts one of the most basic Magical Facts in the Sixth World (Once paid for with Essence cyberware becomes part of the Metahuman's Pattern and CAN NOT be treated seperately.) then I wouldn't have a problem with it because it is targeting a single living enity in an all-or-nothing effect.

On the other hand, I see your spell as being akin to Alter Temperature in which it is manipulating energy and when magic does that we know that it does so in a matter of degrees instead of all-or-nothing.

[laughingowl]

Well Adlibbing myself:


Interfence is pretty much already the same thing (with no fresh orange sent).

I say go with how interference works, for mechanics.

AS a fan of modifying existing spells (rather then calculating out from scratch new ones). Personally I would come up with F/2+4 for drain (With interference being f/2+3 and this one also having an additional effect, the drain is a little higher).

Note: restricted target is NOT a benefit and NONEof the restricted targets would apply in this case.


Clean Air isnt a restrict target and doesnt get modifiers. Now Clean Air of Carbon Monoxide WOULD be a very restricted target spell.

Clean Water is non-restricted, Clean Water of Saline would be a restricted target.


Wireless signal to orange fresh is non-restricted.

2.5ghz Wireless signal to orange fresh is restricted.


Short end of the story:

The spell shouldnt be 'more effective' the the existing 'Interference' as it has a secondary purpose it also shouldnt have a lower drain.

As a side note: Given I havent seen a spell 'create' matter and the limits of sorcery:

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