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 Jan 27 2008, 05:02 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,907 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 10,502  |
As written, unless you're behind a barrier or under a concealment power all the time of strength twice the force of a spirit someone is willing to summon you are as good as found.
I'm wondering what you or your players do about that to not have them get caught whenever somebody wants them. |
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Jan 27 2008, 05:13 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 |
Masks. Disguise skill. Physical Mask spell. If the conjurer doesn't know what you look like then the spirit can't search for you.
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Jan 27 2008, 05:16 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,244 Joined: 2-August 07 Member No.: 12,442 |
Well, just speaking of logistics, it takes time for the spirit to find the runner then report back. then by the time the searching party arrives, the runners might very well be gone. additionally, runner could be moving around using nanopaste disguises or something as well. I know my social adept has a melanin control and facial sculpt, i never look the same twice. I can switch it up whenever, whereever. I would definitely be doing that on a hourly basis if my group and I pissed off some powerful people.
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Jan 27 2008, 05:23 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,907 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 10,502 |
With the new rules on the spirit master link reporting back isn't such an issue.
Also does the caster have to have seen your face or can they send a spirit after you if they've sighted your aura? Though disguises would help a lot. I should hint more to my players to use those. |
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Jan 27 2008, 05:27 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,244 Joined: 2-August 07 Member No.: 12,442 |
Yeah, I mean, you as a GM are always at liberty to make your characters role some sort of common sense check to see if they realize they very well could be hunted for whatever it is that they did. And that it might make sense to lie low for a while or at least disguise themselves if they must travel around. If their fake SINs got flashed, it might be wise to dump them and get new ones as well.
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Jan 27 2008, 07:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
Search being a physical power not a mana power would seem to be limited to requiring physical descriptions... |
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Jan 27 2008, 07:49 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
It's FM. It doesn't work in any fashion that is susceptible to that kind of manipulation. The spirit just gets a reduction for wards, even though there isn't any way it's going to go through the ward to search for stuff. It just knows the target is there. How, I have no idea. So you don't need much of a "mental image" per the book.
If you want to to work in a more logical way you have to rewrite the power completely. And wards would be a pretty much 100% showstopper then, as they should be. |
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