 Ally spirit spells and powers |
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 May 19 2004, 06:31 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,632 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Portland Oregon, USA Member No.: 1,304  |
First.
If you could pick any one spell for an Ally spirit to have, what would it be? Second, exactly which powers do Ally spirits have? |
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May 19 2004, 06:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 20-March 04 From: That really good state. Yeah, you know the one... Member No.: 6,177 |
1. I'm partial to foreboding for my ally spirits. Its just cool.
2. All ally spirits have aid power, inhabiting, materialization, sorcery, telepathic, link and 3-d movement for free. Sense link costs five karma to add. Magic in the Shadows P. 111 |
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May 19 2004, 08:10 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,632 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Portland Oregon, USA Member No.: 1,304 |
Thanks. I've read that. I was wondering if there was anything else that wasn't clearly spelled out in MiTS.
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May 19 2004, 08:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,616 Joined: 15-March 04 Member No.: 6,158 |
Actually they have either Inhabiting or Materialization, not both.
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May 19 2004, 08:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
Ally spirits get Sorcery at the same level as their summoner.
If a mage has Sorcery = 0, they can default to their Magic Attribute, right? So if your ally spirit has Sorcery = 0, would it cast by defaulting to its Force? |
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May 19 2004, 08:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 476 Joined: 30-December 03 From: Fresno, CFS: taking out one durned furriner at a time. Member No.: 5,940 |
There is no default for Magical Skills. You either have it or you don't.
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May 19 2004, 08:43 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,632 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Portland Oregon, USA Member No.: 1,304 |
Right. Conjurers get the weakest ally's. Funny huh?
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May 19 2004, 08:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 476 Joined: 30-December 03 From: Fresno, CFS: taking out one durned furriner at a time. Member No.: 5,940 |
Technically, a Conjurer is not prohibited from having the skill Sorcery, just from using it. The only requirement to learning the skill is having a Magic Rating of at least one.
Thus a Conjuring Aspected Mage could learn the skill, and therefore teach it to his Ally, but he himself would never be able to use it. EDIT: I suppose a Conjuring Adept could also use Sorcery for Astral Combat, (like an Adept) as well. |
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May 19 2004, 08:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
That's cruel. :rotfl:
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May 19 2004, 11:22 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
If they have inhabiting, they give up 3D movement, as it is a power requiring materialization.
I'm wondering, if an ally with inhabiting goes free, can it use the Possession power? |
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May 19 2004, 11:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 20-March 04 From: That really good state. Yeah, you know the one... Member No.: 6,177 |
Alright, alright. I was just quoting straight from the powers section, sue me. :)
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May 20 2004, 12:11 AM
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Illuminate of the New Dawn Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 317 Joined: 9-June 03 From: Seattle 'Plex, UCAS Member No.: 4,700 |
tisoz: The power description of Inhabiting says that once an ally inhabits a body it cannot leave it, so no, not unless its body was destroyed and it came back in manifest form.
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May 20 2004, 12:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 17-December 03 Member No.: 5,909 |
I was always under the impression that astral combat was limited to projecting mages. And since adepts and aspeted magicians cannot project they cannot use it. |
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May 20 2004, 12:19 AM
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Illuminate of the New Dawn Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 317 Joined: 9-June 03 From: Seattle 'Plex, UCAS Member No.: 4,700 |
Well, they could always hang around mana shallows, I guess. Or know a free spirit with the astral gate power. But yeah, it would be pretty useless in general.
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May 20 2004, 12:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 25-May 03 Member No.: 4,634 |
IIRC, astral perception allows you to interact with astral beings (since it makes you dual natured) and thus an aspected magician, or even an adept with Astral perception as a power, could use Sorcery in Astral Combat.
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May 20 2004, 12:47 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
I don't think it could Manifest, the rules say something about a mage creating another host or doing a ritual of change for it. I was thinking the free spirit power might supercede the ally power. |
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May 20 2004, 12:58 AM
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Illuminate of the New Dawn Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 317 Joined: 9-June 03 From: Seattle 'Plex, UCAS Member No.: 4,700 |
Right - it couldn't manifest unless it's disrupted first and the mage performs a ritual of change to call it back from the metaplanes in manifest form. Or, if its free and it gets disrupted then it has to be rescued by someone knowing its true name, etc. We're on the same page; I just wasn't clear enough in how I said it. EDIT: Oh yeah, I don't think the free spirit power supersedes the ally power, either. Becoming free doesn't really change the spirit's innate powers/limitations, it just gives them more. |
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