Ally Forms, Interesting/Useful additional forms Options

[tisoz]

What additional forms have you given familiars that proved useful or interesting?

What was the true form?

I was looking for some ideas that come no where near abusing the rules as the magic section author's own motorcycle ally, but that were still unique.

How about one that looks like a Great Dragon? :)

[wienerwürstchen]

I've given my ally the shape of a lovely elven woman....

[kevyn668]

[Dashifen]

I've always liked the idea of having the form of a huge, armored, cybered, claymore wielding troll ... just for the initmidation factor.

Think about it ... you're in combat with a group of bad-guys ™. All of a sudden, have your ally manifest as this huge troll and they're going to piss themselves. They thought they had it easy and now there's this "extra" combatant.

Course, then they call for back up and then you're fooked. So, perhaps it isn't such a great idea.

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How about a large sign reading "don't shoot me" that hangs from your back? :silly:

-- Dashifen --

[Friggas Ring]

I'd like to point real quick to an article by Steve Kenson that you can find on on his website that has a lot of interesting ideas about Ally Spirits.

Y'know what though? I've always wondered why players don't create these ally spirits with one huge form with major reach bonuses etc etc (yeah, I know it's stats have nothing to do with its form) and what's to stop me from creating an ally spirit that is as big as and looks like a great dragon? I think the final explanation why I don't is that I believe that it's size depends on its force until it's inhabiting a homunculi or something.

[Sunday_Gamer]

It hasn't gone down yet, but I'm working on something for my future Ally spirit...

I myself, once I have enough masking to cover a force 4 spell (rank 4) plan to get an ally spirit. Why force 4? Because I have a force 4 transform.

Being that I am a monkey shaman, my ally, Dr.Zaeus, will have 2 material forms: that of a small rhesus monkey, and that of, me.

That way I can transform into a small rhesus monkey and perch on my ally's shoulder while he plays me.

Just a thought I had, should be neat.

Sunday.

[Talia Invierno]

For the Phoenix shaman, currently a Force 6 initiation-ally which is for all practical intents and purposes free-willed. It has two forms: a small firebird which loves to make an Entrance, is practicing "nesting" ("you don't need that newsprint anymore? can I have it? Ooh, fire!"), and has a habit of talking back to anyone and everyone; and a "greater phoenix" mythic form which, well, (edit to finish) might suggest something like this. (No, that's not what my shaman looks like :P For one thing, she's paler.)

For the Jedi-former cop, a few initiations down the road his restored and re-engined '57 Dodge is about to "come alive" (Force and specific abilities still open per continued discussion with GM and available karma).

For the security specialist mage / assassin: a Force 2 laser sight-style point of light.

The former Force 5 ally (current free spirit) of a since-deceased NPC had two forms: a competent (human) corporate secretary, and that pocket secretary we were debating before (no innate Matrix accessibility, of course!).

Edit: I fixed the link. I think. I don't actually know why it wasn't working to begin with.

[Friggas Ring]

[Talia Invierno]

Sorry about the belated editing - I got suddenly pulled away.

[Herald of Verjig...]

:D :grinbig: :D

[Drain Brain]

Want the Ally to appear as a troll dimensioned, sci-fi horror flick Anthroform Robot, complete with big bang bangs, and a reworked laser spell for his sorcery skill... so it can come out of his eyes.

All praise the lowly ganger who now has a pet fraggin' robot!

[zephir]

Some additional forms, I sure hope someone else has more:

- Fairlight Excalibur, missing it's power source (to pay gangers and "Hey, don't shoot me, I'm only the decker!")
- plant in a pot (to inconspiciously stake out offices, perhaps a man-eating-flower?)
- some piece of discarded rubbish (eg. crushed can, also for surveillance)
- cyberzombie
- corp suit
- cop
- beggar/junkie/BTL-addict
- horror
- insect spirit
- (window) cleaning drone (it could fly inconspiciously)
- kid
- your own form
- fat american tourist (male/female)
- fitting wife
- rope
- heavy pistol
- mist
- brick wall (to block LOS)
- dragon
- hot nurse
- little clown
- stuffed animal
- bird
- book
- chip
- credstick
- some unidentifiable machinery/electronics (those last to give instead of something much sought by others)
- IPE grenade
- blanket
- t-bird
- plain-clothes person
- freight-box / container
- ant
- street sam
- watcher
- camera
- briefcase
- bomb
- street cleaning drone (the speed fits)

Spells to give to my allies:
- astral static (might help to mask on the astral, can also help me combat enemy mages without materializing)
- stabilize


Before 20 people write me that form does not allow spirits to anything they can't do normally: The techological items do not work! The dragon has no dragon powers! :-)

I tried to work only with size and color, and in some debatably allowed cases (mist, blanket, rope) with consistency. GM's call, I guess. Would you allow it?

EDIT: Plaese porrf raed!

[Demosthenes]

I've always been fond of the "Spectacles or Sunglasses" form myself...
8)

[Crusher Bob]

Curse you and your thread necromancy! You made me think that Talia was back. :S

[fistandantilus4....]

I think it was the "Wolf and Raven" novel, some skag had an ally spirit that was a friggin' yacht!

[Gilthanis]

I have always wondered myself about the effects of making the spirit in the form of form fitting body armor with a facial covering. Would your PC have immunity to normal weapons? Would the spirit create a barrier rating arround you? Would the armor also provide astral armor/barrier arround you?

My GM has already ruled out any possiblilties of clothing for pure cheese factor, so just wondering what others have tried.

[zephir]

Gilthanis: I would not allow the spirit to armor you, because I always saw immunity to normal weapons as "is not affected much by" (bullets etc. pass through) rather than "bullets bounce back."
YMMV

EDIT: Crusher Bob: Do you think it's wise to curse a necromancer? ;-)

[tisoz]

[Clyde]

Dikoted Ares Viper Slivergun

:grinbig:

[Eyeless Blond]

[kevyn668]

[tisoz]

She is very busy, as I understand it, running a game in Welcome to the Shadows. She mentioned getting back to the Infiltration Challenge, when I reminded her of it, saying she was sorry for leaving people hanging. I think she felt so bad about leaving it, and maybe being pressured into reviving it, that she started using the alternate moniker.

Maybe she'll see this and respond. Probably not if my name is attached to it. Maybe you should find the thread and bump it.

Drek, you've probably even talked to her and not even known it.

[Eyeless Blond]

Heh, wouldn't be surprised. I'm not very insightful. :)

[Crusher Bob]

Are we really so ogreish as tht? Kyaaa, now I really do feel bad...

[Xirces]