Laser spell queston.... Options

[SentineloftheMou...]

Hi. Can you use the Laser spell as a laser window tap??

The Laser spell duration is instant, so this would have to cast several time I guess or create a modified spell.

Do you think this is possible??

[mfb]

well, you'd also need to design some kind of translation spell, and cast it while maintaining your low-power laser spell. i mean, i don't know how to read microscopic quivers in a reflected beam of light in order to derive speech sounds from it.

[PenAgain]

Wouldn't clairaudience be easier?

--PenAgain
Didn't look anything up- maybe it WOULD be easier to handle and resist drain on a laser spell and a translation spell... *shrug*

[Dashifen]

or make a spell that combines clairaudience and clairivoiance (usually called clarisentience in my group) so you can see and hear what's going on.

[littlesean]

Window laser tap spell. What an appealing idea! Think about it, it is an elemental effect and astral barriers don't work. A mage or spirit watching for a spell being cast or being active nearby wouldn't detect it. I like this idea. I would probably require two spells to be cast and maintained, thus making it a tough trick, but still possible. Laser Tap and Interpret Laser Tap, with Laser Tap being Elemental Manip, and ILT being Detection.

Too bad I am not playing a mage right now, my GM would love the concept!

[TheScamp]

[littlesean]

Oops, missed that line in my excitement.

[TheScamp]

Well, it's not really that huge of a deal, as usually wards are on the inside of rooms rather than the outside of a building.

[aries]

Why would you want to cast as much as 2 spells for that purpose when we already have laser-microphones in our present time? I would suggest walking over to your local "shadowrun supply store™" (in game) an pick up the laser microphone, a headset and an extra battery pack.
That way anyone in your group can listen. You could even record the conversations to extract voiceprint IDs.

[TheScamp]

Because sometimes people find it suspicious that you're pointing some technological gew-gaw at the local Aries office building?

[aries]

As opposed to a guy casting spell around said office building? :D

You could just hide the microphone in a car or under you clothes (think long black leather coat). Ok, that coat suggestion might not work on a hot summer day but you get the point. It's all about integration of the multiple aspects of reconnaissance.

[TheScamp]

[aries]