Summoning, Sort of like the Hokie Pokie only stupid |
Summoning, Sort of like the Hokie Pokie only stupid |
Jun 16 2004, 07:57 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
So lets say for the sake of arguement I am running a game. And in this game I have a shaman. And this shaman decides to summon a spirit. Being the anal retentive GM I am I have some spirits already planned in the area, so I know whats around.
So if you summon a city spirit (At whatever force) and a like spirit, say almost exactly alike, happens to be in the same room what happens? In example. Paul summons a force 3 Hearth spirit. Unbeknowst to Paul a force 3 Hearth spirit is already in the room. Does Paul summon exsisting spirit or totally new spirit? Also here is a metagaming question. How many spirits inhabit an area? Is it unlimited? I mean having read up pretty well on my summoning this evening I know there is some suggestion by Man of Many Names that in the MetaPlanes there are areas dedicated to spirits, and that could be where they come from, but there is no hard answer I could find. So I am just intrested in your ideas. |
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Jun 16 2004, 09:27 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,944 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
You can summon a spirit, a shaman can summon another totally new spirit, another shaman could summon another totally new spirit and so on.
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Jun 16 2004, 12:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
And for sites with specific Hearth spirits (Underworld 93, the Godzilla-themed club whose name escapes me, etc), they end up looking like when you play Ryu vs. Ryu on Street Fighter. Exact same powers and almost the same general appearance only with different colored costumes.
The Abstruse One |
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Jun 16 2004, 12:53 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Should I not be reading this?
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Jun 16 2004, 03:29 PM
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Traumatizing players since 1992 Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,282 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 220 |
Destroy Tokyo!
And yeah, anyone can summon a new spirit there, that doesn;t have to impact an existing spirit. Keep in mind though, the spirit in astral space they can;t see cannot use any powers on the PC unless he manifests in the physical world, and will then be visible to them. |
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Jun 16 2004, 03:32 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
The Rubber Suit! |
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Jun 16 2004, 07:18 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Any one can read this. Cat's out of the bag so to speak...
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Jun 17 2004, 09:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 23-April 03 From: London, UK Member No.: 4,491 |
What does the Underworld 93 spirit look like?
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Jun 18 2004, 10:50 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 |
According to MitS (don't have the book handy, so I can't remember the refrence exactly) if you try and summon a spirit that has spontaneously manifested (read: already there) it's like the spirit has double the force and is generally resistant to the summoner's commands. So in your case, Paul, you'd get a totally new spirit. I always assumed that a summoned spirit is influenced by both the domain (or element for mages and wujen) and the summoner, so two summoners in the same place will not get the exact same spirit. I think various magical flavor texts hint at that, but I couldn't tell you where right now.
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Jun 19 2004, 01:16 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
As mentioned, Godzilla. Along with it's own fire breathing and eyebrow rising extra abilitys. |
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Jun 19 2004, 11:52 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Thanks to all!
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Jun 19 2004, 07:45 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
A 3 ft tall 1978's roadie/rocker with an electric guitar. In general the spirit summoned is the one who lives there. It's not like theres a spirit waiting room "NOW SUMMONING #32" but the Shaman taps into the ethos of the place. So a woodland spirit in Central park NYC is going to look different from one in the Catskill mountains. A mountian spirit in the rockies is gonig to have a different look than one on an east coast ski resort.(don't ask.) If you have a spirit planned in a place, that's what the runner's going to tap into. |
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Jun 19 2004, 08:02 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 |
How is that like the hokie-pokie? And isn't the hokie-pokie stupid itself?
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Jun 20 2004, 06:25 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
It can use powers on its summoner even if they don't share a plane, because a conjurer and his spirit have a "special link" or something that's an exception to the normal rules. |
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Jun 20 2004, 06:48 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 |
Right, but in this case it was a spirit the PC's didn't know about, which is why I mentioned it.
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Jun 20 2004, 06:52 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
Thought you were talking about the other one. Nevermind!
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