New Spell Concept, Resuscitation Options

[darthmord]

Spell Draft:
Final version will most likely be a cleaned up version of this.

Resuscitation (Health)
Range: Touch ∙ Duration: Sustained ∙ Drain: (F�2)+5
This spell allows the caster to halt cell death of a recently killed subject. The Force of the spell must equaL or exceed the number of minutes the target has been dead (round up), and has a Threshold equal to the damage in excess of the target's Overflow track + 1. If successful, the target is treated as a living being for the purposes of all healing effects for the duration of the spell. If the subject is healed a sufficient ammount to be considered alive (damage equal to or under the Overflow maximum, no missing vital organs), the target is returned to life & the spell immediately ends. If the spell ends before the target is restored to living condition, they remain dead.

Hmm, here's how I would abuse it...

Go find a target, perhaps one for extraction.
Put a bullet in his head or other sensitive spot that will 'kill' him by sending him into Overflow +1 or +2.
This makes him dead.
Immediately cast this spell giving myself a low Force requirement and low threshold (due to controlling the amount of damage done past overflow).

I sustain the spell / slap a sustaining focus on the guy to hold the spell indefinitely.

Alternatively, a start up a company that specializes in time capsule treatments for people. Those who want to go into suspended animation for X years come to me, I put them down, cast the spell, and sustain them for the time contracted for, heal them on the designated time, and voila, they are awake and in the future at the same age and longevity they were at when originally put under.

Good try on your part, but it needs something to limit the duration.