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 Mar 24 2004, 08:14 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Manchester, England Member No.: 660  |
Could this spell be made. As far as I've thought it would be a version of Invisibility, except limited so that the object you cast it on only appears invisible to yourself.
So you'd cast the spell on a door/wall and it would become invisible, but only to you. So you could check for guards behind a door without alerting them (unless they're magic too of course). So, what do you think, would this work, and if not, why not? |
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Mar 24 2004, 08:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 675 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 2,034 |
Seems like that would be a detection spell, not an illusion. In fact, I think it would be Clairvoyance, or a limited version of it. :)
Generally I think it is a good idea to choose the category of a spell based on its general effect, rather than some mechanistic explination. |
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Mar 24 2004, 09:53 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
X-ray vision existed in 2nd edition SR, in Awakenings 2057 - basically it was a detection spell where each success let you see through a certain barrier rating (1 or 2 points of Barrier per success I think...), so with x successes you could see through any non-living barrier with a rating of 6 or lower, but all Barriers higher than that affected vision normally. This spell did count as LOS (!!!) which is why it was removed, I think.
One of my players had an ork mage who used it to see through ppls clothes... |
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Mar 25 2004, 05:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
It counted as LOS? You've got to be kidding me. Wow. Between that, and Turn to Goo, and Spell Locks... No wonder Mages were like Ubar L33t in the second edition. Then again, with Firearms as a skill, so were sams.
Everything was Ubar L33t. Figures I came in during 3rd Edition. |
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Mar 25 2004, 05:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
All that Ubar l33t stuff is well and good, but look at people's stats from 1st and 2nd edition and compare them to 3rd.
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Mar 25 2004, 05:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
Touche.
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Mar 25 2004, 06:07 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
I've found it is dark inside people's clothes. |
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Mar 25 2004, 06:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
That it is. Unless you're a glow in the dark smurf. Then it's not so dark.
How about a spell that sucks all the water out of a metahuman? |
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Mar 25 2004, 06:43 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Fireball?
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Mar 25 2004, 07:18 AM
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Traumatizing players since 1992 Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,282 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 220 |
Thats a broadsword vs scalpel approach, but yeah, Fireball does just that! :D
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Mar 25 2004, 07:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
Aww, but I wanted to keep their skin intact so I could wear it like a saggy man-kilt....
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Mar 25 2004, 07:44 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
How Buffalo Bill of you.
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Mar 25 2004, 08:25 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
There's nothing homosexual or serial-killer about a kilt. Why does the concept of a kilt made of someone else's skin cause me to giggle uncontroleably? |
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Mar 25 2004, 09:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
Because you're going to have a troll petro houngan wearing one while he conjures the remnants of an Urban Brawl team to terrorize Tokyo? Because we all know Tokyo has no superheroes.
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Mar 25 2004, 04:27 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
Not even a kilt made out of human skin? |
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