 4th ed ally spirit, they out it? |
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  Nov 22 2009, 01:55 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 332 Joined: 19-September 05 From: Nashville, Tn Member No.: 7,761  |
they put out rules for ally spirits yet?
second question. I am wanting to have a phyEd with an ally spirit. I know that RAW this is not possible, but i want to hammer it through anyway. Once I have the spirit feeding it karma is normal. It is getting the spirit to start with that i'm not sure how to do in a balanced way. |
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Nov 22 2009, 03:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 18-January 06 From: Leesburg, Virginia, USA Member No.: 8,177 |
Ally spirits are described in Street Magic.
The problem for an adept is that the mechanism that is described requires the ability and skill to bind the spirit. The Adept will have neither one. If you and your GM want to allow this, you will have to come up with a new mechanism. Yours, Joel |
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Nov 22 2009, 03:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 5-May 08 From: Matt, GA Member No.: 15,959 |
You may want to look at the rules for spirit pacts in Street Magic, it may be what you are looking for. They are fairly open-ended as well, so no real mechanism changes are necessary, just create your own pact with your GM.
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Nov 23 2009, 05:50 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Ally Spirits are from a Metamagic Technique in Street Magic, page 53. Basically, they are only available to casters. You could do a Mystic Adept with one point for Spellcasting so you can summon, but then you're limited to a F1/F2 Ally Spirit max.
Spirit Pacts are iffy, since in order to get what you want you'd have to go to a GM specific house rule. You could do a high Loyalty Contact. Also, you could check the thread in my signature, as I detail a new method of even mundanes getting "pet" spirits of their own, straight from Running Wild. |
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Nov 23 2009, 06:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 557 Joined: 26-July 09 From: Kent, WA Member No.: 17,426 |
Could a Mentor Spirit work here? Lots of good Kung-Fu media with ghost masters...although they aren't usually pets.
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Nov 23 2009, 06:32 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
I'm not sure what the OP had in mind, but Mentor Spirits cannot actually take part in anything. They give you bonuses. That's pretty much the start and finish of it.
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Nov 23 2009, 07:14 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
You're free to use them for flavor. For example, Spider could always be on your shoulder, whispering secrets into your ear whenever you have an epiphany. Hougan often manifest their mentor spirit as one of their loa spirits, but it's no different than any other spirit. That's about as far as they go outside of astral quests and the like, though.
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