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 Jul 4 2004, 08:51 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 3-April 03 Member No.: 4,370  |
a while back i had a player want to play a technology based mage. with the way magic works in shadowrun a mage can't easily cast spells on technological items. at the time we couldn't really figure out a way to give him a way to be unique and actually have a prayer of affecting technology. but during my late night musings i think i may have found a halfway decent way of lowering those nasty TN's as part of a shaman/ascetic's abilities.
for every -1 TN to affect technology the caster can take +1 TN to affect all other targets or +1 drain for any spell cast on a non-techno target. up to a max of -6 TN for techno spread in any manner over the 2 choices. the choice is made at character generation and is permament. can summon only spirits of man perhaps? comments? suggestions? ideas to expand on what i put forth? |
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Jul 4 2004, 09:04 AM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
Eh, it seems kinda wishy-washy to me. How about this for a shamanistic totem:
Computer Appearance and trappings: Shamanistic mask makes the mage's body appear to be covered in wires and computer chips. Computer shamans are big technophiles; foci tend to look like technological gadgets and the like. Benefits: Reverse the numbers on the Object Resistence chart in the BBB. That is, computers and other highly processed objects have a OR of 4 or less, while natural objects have an OR of 10+. +2 die to summon spirits of man. Drawbacks: -2 die for Health spells and all spirits other than spirits of Man. How's that? |
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Jul 4 2004, 11:14 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 6-January 03 From: In front of my laptop Member No.: 3,860 |
edit [put in wrong thread]
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Jul 4 2004, 01:41 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
a computer totem. heh, bad religion, eat your heart out. all i need to do is click on you...
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Jul 4 2004, 05:46 PM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
Had a few other thoughts on this while I was asleep. How's this for a more complicated computer totem:
Computer (Mk 2) Appearance and trappings: Shamanistic mask makes the mage's body appear to be covered in wires and computer chips. Computer shamans are big technophiles; foci tend to look like technological gadgets and the like. Benefits: Reverse the numbers on the Object Resistence chart in the BBB. That is, computers and other highly processed objects have a OR of 4 or less, while natural objects have an OR of 10+. Similarly, any spell that targets Essence now targets (6-Essence). For example, Heal, originally Target 10-Essence, for a Computer shaman is Target 4+Essence. This is considered a totem advantage. +1 dice to detection spells. +2 die to summon spirits of man. Drawbacks: Any spell that targets Body receives a TN penalty equal to the subject's total Essence, rounded down (note: this can actually be an advantage against cyberzombies). -2 die for Health spells and all spirits other than spirits of Man. If you want a Hermatic school instead, just make the benefits and drawbacks the same, except the mage gets a bonus to earth elementals and a penalty to all other types of elementals. Sound good? |
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Jul 4 2004, 07:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 942 Joined: 13-May 04 Member No.: 6,323 |
Um, isn't an Otaku a computer shaman, of sorts?
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Jul 4 2004, 07:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-June 04 Member No.: 6,400 |
I was thinking more along the lines of stealing the Virtual Adept from MtA.
His magic doesn't need to effect machines, but instead he MUST have a focus and they are all machines that work/dont work. His centering skills could be computer/electronics, and he could have a really nice Power Focus in the form of a computer or other diagnostic tool. His spirits could easily be "spirits of man" or even make up a new one just for him. A "Spirit of the Machine" could materialize as anthing from a tiny clockwork robot to ED-209 from robocop. Of course it's home domain would be "labratories" and such... and hte summoning of it would involve BUILDING it. |
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Jul 4 2004, 07:56 PM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
No, they're more like Decker adepts. :D |
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Jul 4 2004, 08:03 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
you mean something like this guy, Raife?
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Jul 5 2004, 02:52 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Looks like the Techno-Mage from Rifts™...
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Jul 5 2004, 08:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-June 04 Member No.: 6,400 |
Something like that mfb, but that is a mage-adept thingy, and I was thinking more like a pure mage. But yeah, that's the general jist of it.
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