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 Jan 24 2004, 11:35 PM
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I thought that the mana version works only in the mind of the viewers, and that's why cybereyes can't detect the character hiden by it. |
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Jan 24 2004, 11:41 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 15-January 04 Member No.: 5,984 |
Maybe it would add 1/2 of all its physical atributes to the character. This would make up for the severe restrictions of having your spirit confined to your body. Maybe a bit more than make up for those restictions... probably not a good idea. :sleepy: |
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Jan 25 2004, 06:04 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
I believe that a spirit that is possessing does not get Immunity to Normal Weapons. That comes from using the Materialization Power (SR3 p. 188 and 264), not the Possession Power (MitS p. 99).
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Jan 25 2004, 10:58 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
There isn't any SR canon mechanic for taking damage from stray bullets, is there? (Apart from the shot rules and suppressive fire, of course.) So the "canon" answer would be no, s/he doesn't take damage. Back to making sense: Depends on the being, don't it? If this is an Awakened elephant with massive bone plating and Immunity to Normal Weapons, sitting down, and someone is blasting at it with a pistol, then hell no s/he wouldn't take damage. If the being is a materialized air or fire elemental, then the bullets will not be slowed down at all and will not significantly change paths either, and there certainly is the possibility that the character gets hit. Anything in between (e.g. water elementals, vampires, etc) are trickier. For vampires, I'd treat it physics-wise like a slab of flesh slightly harder than a human, so a single HMG-sized round would go right through but pistols might not. I have no idea what I'd do with a water elemental, but I'd probably just treat it like water (expanding and fragmenting bullets wouldn't pose a serious threat to someone behind the materialized elemental, but intact FMJ and AP rounds might well). The answer depends on what you would do if someone is hiding behind a barrier (a brick or wooden wall, for example) that someone is trying to blow open with a firearm. But generally speaking I don't think the Immunity to Normal Weapons "hardens" the being in any way, and a materialized Fire Elemental is no more solid than actual fire. |
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Jan 25 2004, 02:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 5,935 |
It does if it's a great form spirit, at least according to the Channeling metamagic. |
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