Help me design a spell (I'm rusty), Somewhere tween Makeover and Healthy Glo Options

[Kakkaraun]

Okay, I wanna make a spell that basically amounts to taking a shower, washing your clothes, and maybe adding some makeup. The character it's for is homeless and doesn't like truck stop showers/laundromats :). Also, he likes warpaint or camo paint for running.

So...help?

[KillaJ]

Is there any particular reason the character chooses to be homeless?
I would use the time spent designing the spell looking for work. ;)

On a marginally more helpful note, how about;

Transformation Manip
Major Physical Change drain S
Caster only -3 drain level
Permanant +1 drain level
Physical change +1 drain power

For a grand total of +1(L).

Im not too hot with the spell design myself so there is a good chance that I'm missing something rather important.

[Kakkaraun]

I'd call that a minor physical change...and, hell, why not be able to cast it on others...but still with touch range...

...for +1(M).

Hey, is it munchy to learn it as a Force 2 exclusive spell at chargen, so it costs nothing? I mean, it really doesn't have a practical game effect...

[KillaJ]

[A Clockwork Lime]

Uhm, isn't this essentially what Healthy Glow is? With Makeover for the makeup department?

[KillaJ]

I think that he was planning on using it quite often(in place of showers/laundry) so he just wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

[Kakkaraun]

Well, healthy glow doesn't wash your clothes and Makeover changes them entirely (thus giving it MUCH more practical value, ya see).

And yes, he kind of does have a reason for being homeless. :)

[moosegod]

Not related to running out of money and/or build points, of course.

:)

[Kakkaraun]

No...I actually am having trouble figuring out what to blow his 500 nuyen (lowest you can go in BP system) on. I could buy five months of squatter, but I don't want to...doesn't fit the concept.

[moosegod]

I find a Predator and 50 rounds of ammo tend to take care of that pretty well. Even if he doesn't use a pistol, he can use it to scare people off.

[KillaJ]

[KillaJ]

Ooops

[RangerJoe]

I'd go with gin & juice and a nice door stoop to sit on.

[A Clockwork Lime]

Eh, nothing stops Makeover from only doing a little bit of cleaning up... but in any case, try this on for size.

Sterilize Bum (Transformation Manipulation)
Type: P · Target: 4 · Duration: P · Drain: +1(M)

This spell cleans up even the most disgusting vagrant, giving them the equivalence of a good scrubbing. Every success (to a maximum equal to the Force of the spell) determines how clean the derelict becomes. With 1 success, the spell does little more than kill off a few mundane lice and tone the wino smell down a notch, basically as if some old troll woman took a wire brush to him. With five or more successes, the wastrel looks like he just stepped out of a first class spa.

Design Notes: Minor Physical Change (Appearance), Physical Spell, Permanent Spell, Touch Range.

[KillaJ]

Genius

[Kakkaraun]

How 'bout...Colt Manhunter (425) one clip (5) ten bullets (20) and one set of ordinary clothes (50)? It kind of makes sense for the guy to have two-thirds of a clip or something like that :).

[Kakkaraun]

Heh heh @ Lime...

Oh, and yes, he does have the skills for a harmonica, and I was gonna buy one for him...sweet...

[KillaJ]

Dont forget a stick and a hankerchief to transport all your worldly possessions.

[A Clockwork Lime]

Don't forget that he also starts off with 3d6x100 nuyen on top of the 500 nuyen from Resources.