 Spirit Bane & Watcher Spirits, Yum.... Munchie goodness.... |
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 Sep 6 2005, 07:23 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638  |
Spirit Bane is a 10BP flaw... er, negative quality.... that makes you the 3-foot flame tickling the ass of every spirit of a specific type. The player chooses which type of spirit - Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Man, Beast, or Watchers.
Um, Watchers? Sure, I can see this being a nuisance, maybe even occassionally life-threatening: watchers randomly manifesting above the head of a stealthing character, screaming, "here he is, fellas! Come and get him!!!". But would that necessarily make this quality as hazardous as it would be against, say Fire spirits? |
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Sep 6 2005, 07:43 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Would it help Watchers spot him (Perception checks) or when they are searching for him?
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Sep 7 2005, 12:11 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638 |
The quality grants no extra powers or abilities to the spirits, so I'd say no.
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Sep 7 2005, 12:20 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Watchers are far more common than fire spirits? |
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Sep 7 2005, 12:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 400 |
Actually, i think the scariest thing imaginable is a cheesed-off air spirit. Unless you're a mage, you'll have one hell of a time killing it. Force x 4 for Reaction? So at F5 we're talking about 20 dice to defend against melee and ranged attacks.
Wow. How the hell do you kill that? As long as mods don't reduce it's defense dice to somewhere close to your own Agility+Skill, you can pretty much forget it. |
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Sep 7 2005, 12:53 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
I think that's the point - pissing off any spirit is bad news.
Pissing off watcher spirits? Free BP. -Siege |
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Sep 7 2005, 01:55 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Three Words, "Astral attack pack". Watcher bane may not seem like a big deal, untill you step in an Astral Shallow one day and are mobbed by 80 of them at one time.
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Sep 7 2005, 01:56 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Or being pestered by one at an inopportune time. Like a screaming materialized watcher while you are trying to do a Infiltration/Stealth operation.
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Sep 7 2005, 01:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638 |
You don't; you banish it ASAP. Speaking of banishing - can you resist drain from it? Sure, the book says you can resist drain from Summoning and Binding, but it doesn't say the same about Banishing. I would assume so. This would make Watcher spirits ideal for Spirit Bane as well; with a dice pool of 6 or more, you'll almost never have to worry about drain. |
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Sep 7 2005, 02:02 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Can watchers materialize in SR4? I tought that they could only manifest in SR3. |
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Sep 7 2005, 02:14 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
My apologies, I meant manifest, not materialize. They can't materialize (have a physical form), but they can Manifest (show up on the physical plane), as on p181. |
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