by firebrand » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:16 am
[quote="tincts":gwictzkw]Actually, how about being able to vis your spirit watchers?[/quote:gwictzkw]
help spirit
SPIRITS
The different schools of magic each have their own mechanisms for summoning
insubstantial spirits to perform menial, repetitive, or unpleasant tasks.
Where a necromancer might enslave the shade of some unfortunate deceased
lout for these purposes, a noble priest could be sent a cherub from her
deity, and a bard might enchant a muse into the work with his song.
Spirits take on a limited substance by draining the magician's magical power;
this is felt by the magician as a reduced rate of mana regeneration. The
less puissant spirits don't have enough substance to interact with solid
objects, but can still serve as scouts and messengers. A magician controls
his spirits by telling them to do things. All spirits can obey some simple
commands:
"come here" return to the spirit's master
"where are you?" tell the master where you are
"dismissed" dissipate, and stop draining the master's mana
Spirits can also do other more specific tasks associated with the particular
type of spirits. For example, watcher spirits (one of the least powerful
species) can be told to "watch bob" and will report back on Bob.
c 'spirit watcher' fb
Ok.
You prick your finger, and fb the homunculus forms from the blood.
s
t fb where are you
You tell fb the homunculus 'where are you'
Fb the homunculus tells you 'I'm at Raldor Street, madam!'
rebs
Yeah bringing you another disturbing creation from the mind of one sick animal who can't tell the difference and gets stupified.