...but it's not.

OK, so I make my ally spirit, and it's manifested form is a katana. Will it hit spirits like a weapon focus, or is it just a mudane sword?

Only if you dikote it first. Then have sex with it.


im sorry, I couldn't resist. But to answer your question, a materialized spirit is always dual natured.

Which is not to say it's a weapon focus: it doesn't add dice to your skill.

It also might not be so happy about being used to bash things.

But would it ignore a manifested spirit's Immunity to Normal Weapons power?

Yes. In theory, since a spirit punching a spirit would ignore it, so would the spirit being swung at another spirit. In Theory.

in a manifested form, it is a spirit, not what form it takes.

spirits can manifest in human form, but they are not humans.

so a character attacking with it, would be attacking as per a standard katana, gaining nothing by this. however, the spirit still gets to act, and can attack, but would do so using its own inherent skills attributes, etc.

which makes you think of the rule that says a spirit cannot be in 2 different places in the 2 planes, so you couldn't tell it to do anything except "stay in my hand"

you'd be better off giving it human form with a katana and edged weapon skill.

edit: you could also use the rules given for metahuman bodies as weapons, then apply them with whatever attributes the spirit has and ignore the immunity to normal weapons.

In other words, just because the materialized form is a katana does not change the shape or function of the astral form - which is *not* going to be a katana. You can reference Dragons of the Sixth world and Paranormal Animals of North America among others on differences between physical forms and astral forms.

Remember, according to the rules for using bodies as weapons both target and weapon take damage of (other character's BOD + 2)M stun. If you overdo it you may disrupt your own ally.

This reminds me of another thread (pardon my search-fu is weak) on using a ghoul as a club. heh heh heh