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 When you summon a Spirit |
 May 12 2011, 11:08 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 29-August 10 Member No.: 18,981  |
When you summon a Spirit, do the spirit arrive instantly at the end of the complex action?
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May 12 2011, 11:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 |
Yes.
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May 12 2011, 11:38 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
On the astral plane though. So after the complex action to summon the spirit, you need a simple action to command it and the spirit needs a complex one to materialize if the task requires interaction with the physical plane.
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May 12 2011, 11:55 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 29-August 10 Member No.: 18,981 |
QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ May 12 2011, 11:38 PM)  On the astral plane though. So after the complex action to summon the spirit, you need a simple action to command it and the spirit needs a complex one to materialize if the task requires interaction with the physical plane. So if you have more than one pass per round you can summon with the first (complex) and give him an order with the second (simple). |
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May 13 2011, 01:26 AM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 8,705 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (LukeZ @ May 12 2011, 07:55 PM) So if you have more than one pass per round you can summon with the first (complex) and give him an order with the second (simple). Correct. The spirit's response to the order would take time, depending on the action required. If it had to materialize, it would take a complex action to do so, and be able to act the next time it was free to spend a complex action. |
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May 13 2011, 08:25 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,290 Joined: 23-January 07 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 10,749 |
Thats why you summon your spirits and have them materialize before the shooting starts.
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May 13 2011, 11:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 10-November 10 From: australia Member No.: 19,167 |
i also have a question along these lines sort of...
how long does it take to bind a spirit? we are currently playing in a 4A game and no one seems to know, also i am away from my books and the GM of the game dosent like to lend his out (it was after a rules lawyer, lawyered him on some stuff, also the last book he lent out didnt come back for the better part of 2 months) |
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May 13 2011, 11:36 AM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
Binding takes a number of hours equal to the force of the spirit. - Details are on P.184 of SR4A. It also requires materials equal to 500x the force of the spirit.
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May 13 2011, 11:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 18-February 10 Member No.: 18,170 |
"Binding requires a ritual of a number of hours equal to the force of the spirit. The ritual materials, available from a talismonger, cost 500¥ times the Force of the spirit. Magical lodges are not required for binding, but they are often used out of habit." (SR4A, p 188).
Agh! Ninja'd! |
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May 13 2011, 11:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 10-November 10 From: australia Member No.: 19,167 |
thanks lads...
i thought it was something like that, and as the GM doesnt know magic too well, so yeah thanks again |
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