 Transparent or not?, Astral Perception Question |
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 Jan 13 2009, 03:33 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 228 Joined: 5-January 09 Member No.: 16,733  |
It says in the SR4 book (and I don't have a copy of SR1-3 anymore unfortunately) that physical, non-living objects only cast shadows onto the astral plane. Which is fine if you're trying to walk through walls. But I was wondering: is glass transparent on the astral plane or opaque?
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Jan 13 2009, 04:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 14,331 |
opaque as street magic states
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Jan 13 2009, 04:33 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 |
SR3 says it's transparent. I houserule it to be opaque, however (since astral perception is a psychic sense, not a physical one, the physical transparency of glass should be irrelevant).
I had a similar question though. In SR3, it mentions non-transparent cover inhibits spell casting, but mentions nothing in regards to detecting things with astral perception. Does fog convey a penalty to astral perception? Does it use the highest penalty, or a lesser one? |
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Jan 13 2009, 04:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 228 Joined: 5-January 09 Member No.: 16,733 |
Well I'd searched for glass in Street magic but didn't find any astral references and thought perhaps one of the novels I haven't read touched upon it. But thanks to Angier I took an additional look at Street Magic and found:
"Items that are transparent or mirrored in the real world (like a car window) simply impair visibility as astral shadows." Page #114 Street Magic Now nezumi has me wondering about his question. How does Fog appear on the Astral Plane? |
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Jan 13 2009, 05:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Birmingham, UK Member No.: 13,515 |
Fog and smoke obscure astral vision...
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