[Torg] In the Meantime

[Phil Dack]

--- Jerry S Fisk <jsfisk at alphasynthetics.com> wrote:
> The spellthat I am thinking about would create a cyber 
> dragon.  A creaturethat does not exsist.  But according 
> to the first statement I coulddo it.  As long as the 
> mage can visually see the pattern. Yes/No?

Yes. The fact that a creature doesn't exist naturally doesnt
preclude a conjuration pattern bringing it into existence.

> My delimathen turns to what knowledges to use.  
> According to the secondstatement Conjuration/Entity 
> with the Life mechanism and result of entityis used 
> to create a Demon.  A normal dragon from Ayles falls 
> underthe enchanted catagory of the Seven Kindred.  My 
> cyber dragon wouldbe made of living metal so it could 
> move as fluid as a livingcreature.  Have wings so it 
> could fly.  And have plasma boltsas a breath weapon.  

Well, a lot of the detail doesnt really matter, and magic is a
fluid thing that doesn't require exact rules. Because the dragon
isn't a "real" living creature, I would be inclined to design it
as Conjuration Metal, mechanism Life, result Elemental or
Enchanted.

> 1.   Could Ior should I use Elements : Metal ?

Could or should! But there's a number of paths you could use.

> 2.  Oncesummoned will I need a charm enchanted spell
> to control it?

Yes, this is true of all conjurations.

> 3.  What ifone of the contagions used was a mem 
> chip programmed with the caster as afriendly? (Yes, 
> this option would have a badeffect for the casters 
> group.)

Fine, but how would you get the memchip into the cyber-dragon?!
You'd still have to plug it in, and if the dragon isn't friendly
then I wouldnt want to be the one doing this!

> 4.  What ifit was a slave chip instead?
> 5.  What ifthe mem chip had a specific mission on it.  
> And the dragon had tocomplete the mission. (I still 
> don't have a spicific durationfor the spell yet.)

As above.

> 6.  Would aduration of a month be good?

Good for what?! If you make the duration equal to the normal
gestation period of the animal, it becomes a permanent
conjuration. However, as a creature that doesn't actually exist
it'd be a GM's call whether this could be used to create a new
species of dragon. In any case, I'd imagine gestation period of
dragons to potentially be quite lengthy. 

> 7.  An hourduration if not mission bound?  

Can't really have two different durations. The spell could be
designed as 1 month duration, but that the spell ends if the
dragon isn't mission bound within an hour - but the duration is
still full length, it's just that the spell has a kind of
fail-safe built in.

Phil


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