 Dissections of dual natured and astral forms, Is it possible? |
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 Oct 12 2004, 11:00 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 20-September 04 Member No.: 6,682  |
First off, is it possible to conduct such a operation?
I think it would be... you'd need a way to forcibly restrain a spirit, or keep it manifested possibly. The major issue is what tool or spell would you use, and what could you find out? How about a nice gruesome metamagic called Dissection? |
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Oct 13 2004, 03:42 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 8-October 04 Member No.: 6,736 |
It is impossible to dissect a spirit since they will disipate when they hit deadly damage of either variety. Vivisection would be another possibility, but man is that nasty. Doing whatever it is that you do to pith a spirit would basically be D stun, so you're going to have to do it to something that is still feeling pain.
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Oct 13 2004, 03:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 20-September 04 Member No.: 6,682 |
:: nods :: I know. I think a dissection metamagic would be interesting. What would it grant?
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Oct 13 2004, 03:47 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Dual Natured, on the other hand, should pose no real problems unless the subject has regeneration.
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Oct 13 2004, 04:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 20-September 04 Member No.: 6,682 |
heheheh, that's true, and quite terrible. Can you imagine being dissected from the astral?
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Oct 13 2004, 04:22 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
IMO you don't learn anything from dissection. There are no physical insides to examine. No heart, no lungs, no scull and no wishbone.
Aura Reading tells you something, and you don't need a knife for that. |
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Oct 13 2004, 04:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Who said the reason to do it related to learning something?
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Oct 13 2004, 05:02 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
he asked--
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Oct 13 2004, 06:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Wow. My goldfish memory kicked in again. It's even showing signs of improvement.
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Oct 13 2004, 05:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 675 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 2,034 |
It would be a fine thing to have happening at some magical research establishment, or maybe to have some special contact do to some wierd thing you found.
But it seems best to me not to add another type of aura reading for players. |
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Oct 13 2004, 05:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 20-September 04 Member No.: 6,682 |
I probably wouldn't make it player-legal, because they'd almost never get to use it anyway... I'm thinking that it might be a more mystical process than simply chopping up their astral form, which would most certainly tell you nothing.... more likely it'd be a rare metamagic that would run off the aura reading skill and allow a researcher to analyze the paranatomy of a astral beastie...
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Oct 13 2004, 05:25 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
Chantrel's Horror strikes again! |
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Oct 13 2004, 11:28 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
It will have all the relevance to a SR game of theoretical physics and medical research. That is it happens in the background. Or the party is hired to attack, defend, extract from, insert into a facility that dose it but the specifics of what each individual experiment means is over the heads of the PCs.
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