Re: rent-a-bod

[Wright Frazier <khelek>]

To use in the first place elemental magic you need 'mind', a 'soul' for
divine, and 'life' for mysticism.  I can see arguments for both sides
of where the juice is stored.  Body seems reasonable since it is tied
to 'restful' sleep for the recovery of EU and DU.

That does bring up the question though..is Power(the limitor on how much
juice you get back) a physical or mental stat?  Is it the body's capability
to absorb magical energy?  I'd say yes.

Why?  Look at it this way.
	To 'make use' of the appropriate type of stuff you have to have
	the appropriate 'mental' thing.

	Elemental -> Mind
	Divine	  -> Soul
	Mystical  -> Life 

	That leaves 'body' as the actual battery of the juice.  And since
	'power' is what draws the stuff into you, I'd make sense that
	that is related to the physical form.  Further, Power also limits
	how much energy you can channel out of your body by what rank
	spells you are limited too.

Wright

> > From: Steve Ames <steve>
> >
> > Wasn't worried about how to get them back. Obviously it takes a soul to
> > get divine units, but are they stored in the soul? If I swap bodies
> > using soul-catcher do I take my units with me? What about elemental
> > units? Can't be the soul because elves have EU. So are they stored
> > in the body or the spirit? If I use rob's spirit exchange do I take my
> > units with me?
> 
> I would go for all the units are stored in your body but Divine use your
> soul as the internal wiring. Elemental just come in and out through the
> body. This theory holds up to my general screw people for doing things
> they can :) that Steve says I have. Nomads though are special and all
> their incants are tied to the Spirit. Maybe once your soul leaves your
> body all the stored Units just leak out as well :)
> 
> > Given this... you lose all your EU when you body swap using soulcatcher
> > since your spirit doesn't go, just the soul. Such rending isn't really
> > good for you. How does it affect nomads? Or does soulcather get your
> > spirit to? (which BTW may make elves partially susceptible (maybe a higher
> > die check)).
> 
> I thought we came to the conclusion that your Soul and Spirit are intertwined
> like rope. If you pull one you pull the other. If your an elf your rope
> can't be pulled by soul affecting spell.
> 
> > 						-Steve
> >
> > > Ya need the appropriate thing to get the appropriate units back.  I'd guess
> > > folks are 'batteries' since you 'mystically' get back those units after
> > > 8 or 12hrs, but don't get them at anyo ther time(i.e. not a continuous
> > > renewal).  As someoen pointed out, this is also how folks know how long
> > > 8hrs is, because they feel the 'juice meter' suddenly click up.
> > >
> > > > I thought it was pretty much agreed that spell casters were batteries
> > > > and not channelers. Are the units stores in the body, soul or spirit?
> > > > 
> > > > 						-Steve
> > > > 
> > > > > okay a nomadic spirit exchange is used to put the caster into the clients
> > > > > body
> > > > > then the caster does the teleport.   in twelve hours or so the spirits swap
> > > > > back
> > > > > and the transport is complete.  eep inteseive and extreme trust needed but
> > > > > would
> > > > > work.
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------
> > > > > > From: John Hogg <johnhogg@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
> > > > > > Subject: rent-a-bod
> > > > > >  [ original rent-bod-cut for brevity ]
>