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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 30-May 09 Member No.: 17,222 ![]() |
Hooray for SM's subtitles.
I was reading through Street Magic and went through the Magical Threats section (I spend a lot of time there). As I was reading, I developed a few questions that I couldn't seem to find an answer to. So, as expected, my newbie self is bringing them to you guys, in hopes that you can assist me. ^-^ There's three main things I'm looking to have answered or commented on, and I think I'll give them their own little sections. Shadow Spirits The Energy Drain that these spirits use, can it be applied to Free Spirits as well (PC or not)? Meaning, if a Wraith somehow causes a Free Spirit to commit a random act of violence, will ED steal away some of Free Spirit's Karma? Furthermore, what happens if the subject being drained has no karma to begin with. Is the Energy Drain wasted, do damage only, or just automatically fail? Insect Magic Insect Shamans summon various classes of bugs, and act as the focal point of their hive until a Queen or Mother arrives. My question is, a twisted mage or shaman who actively seeks to learn bug wizardry for the purpose of increasing his own power (for whatever reason), does this shaman have to try and invoke a Q/M? I can imagine having a horde of bugs, tied to you and under your control, being a very enticing and powerful asset. I find it hard to imagine that certain insect shamans are willing to give up the kind of power that forming a hive grants. For example, some random mage becomes a Wasp shaman. He decides that having a network of spirits under his control that he can share senses with, and who obey him completely, is a pretty neat idea and he's not very willing to turn that power over to a bug. Does the mentor spirit/Queen have the ability to keep him from doing this, or can she command the hive to dispose of him since he's not up to completing the hive? I believe it says insect shamans feel compelled to summon queens and mothers. Would it be reasonable to give the shaman a trait similar to a mentor spirit disadvantage, requiring him to make a test to see if he can resist the urge to summon a Q/M when the time is right? These may be odd questions, but it floods my braaaain. Lastly for bugs, can Mystic Adepts be used as suitable shamans for a hive? Toxic Magic After a lot of searching on DS, most of the questions in this category were answered, but there's still some things I wanna run by you guys. Toxic Adepts. I don't know if they've been mentioned or asked about before, but I assume they can (or do) exist. If so, what would be likely powers, spells (for MysAdepts), and metamagics for them? I'm addicted to CharGen, and I think a Toxic Adept of some sort would be an interesting thing to try and create. Now, here's where a lot of people might start to hate me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif) . I'm attempting to make a Toxic Shaman PC using the BP system. I know that a good amount of people might not allow that, but I'm absolutely obsessed with toxic magic and I'm going to do it anyway. I do want to try and balance it out though, and that's what I could use some ideas for. Ol' search function gave me a lot of ideas from old threads ('Specially FrankTrollman's Toxic Traditions), and I'm playing with the idea of making Toxic Magic a 25BP Quality (which includes the Magician quality, so taking a ''Toxic Magician'' quality is essentially the Mage quality, plus 10BP for being Toxic). So, I may be crazy, and my questions and desires totally ridiculous. Let me know Dumpshock, and thanks for all the help you've already given me. Sorry for the Force 4 Text Wall. |
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