Where in the books does it detail that a mage/shaman will know when one of their spirits, elementals, or watchers are banished, dispelled, or killed ? I don't doubt this happens, but am very interested in the mechanics.
In the thread : Advanced GM : Magical Security the fact is acknowledged, but not sited.
Additoinal questions I have :
1) Will banishing a mage/shaman's watcher's wake them out of a normal sleep ?
2) Does the banishment set of an immediate alarm, or must the mage/shaman think about the watcher, elemental, or spirit first ?
3) Does the force of the spirit, watcher, or elemental have an impact on how obivous to the conjuerer or summoner the creature's banishment is ?
Related questions, but not directly tied to magical security :
4) How does a shaman know how many tasks a spirit will grant them upon summoning it ? I know the result of the sumoning answer this question, but how does the character, not the player know ?
5) Same question for duration of a watcher on summoning... how does the character know how long the watcher will hang out for ? It is pretty clear to the player, but how does this information manifest itself to the magic user ?
Thanks,
--Dave