 Spirits and Traditions, How are spirits and spell-schools linked? |
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 Nov 18 2009, 01:10 AM
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I have a question concerning traditions and spirits. Why do they list the spirits of the tradition to a spell type? What sort of connection is there between the two?
Here is an example. With the Hermetic Tradition, it lists the following... Combat: Fire Detection: Air Health: Man Illusion: Water Manipulation: Earth Why? Am I missing something here? |
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Nov 18 2009, 01:34 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 31-May 09 From: London, UK Member No.: 17,229 |
Spirits can only perform magical services on a spell of their sphere.
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Nov 18 2009, 01:44 AM
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Ah, I see! So you mean, if I want to use "Aid spellcasting" on a spell, I need the spirit to be from the right type for my tradition? What about with Spirits of Man. In optional powers, it say they can learn a spell you know upon it's first summoning. Is that limited by their school?
(ie: Can I have a force 3 spirit of man with stunball, and then summon and bind another spirit of man with heal?) |
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Nov 18 2009, 08:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 16-June 07 From: Finland Member No.: 11,928 |
Spirits of Man can learn spells of any type, as long as the summoner knows it.
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Nov 18 2009, 08:28 AM
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Thanks Zormal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Nov 18 2009, 06:26 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
But even spirits of Man can only "Aid Sorcery" on the one area in their sphere. So if you were a hermetic mage you could summon a spirit of man that could cast "Powerbolt" (assuming you had that spell yourself), but it would not be able to aid sorcery on a powerbolt that you cast.
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Nov 23 2009, 07:40 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,245 Joined: 27-April 07 From: Running the streets of Southeast Virginia Member No.: 11,548 |
The real mind bender will be when you see another tradition has the same spirit working on a different sphere of magic.
Hermetic has Fire for Combat. Another tradition might have Fire for Health. The school association is tradition dependent. What another tradition does has no impact on what you can do with your magic. |
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Nov 23 2009, 08:20 PM
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@darthmod: It's becomes even more bendy if the spirit is say Fire: Combat and get's banished and taken over by the other caster who is Fire: Health.
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