Re: rent-a-bod

["Rick Myers" <leviathan_60@hotmail.com>]

>
>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.

This seems reasonable, after all, it can't be soul or an elf couldn't be 
a mage either.  However, it breaks down for creatures, such as the air 
elemental. There are creatures wihout body that still have a power stat 
and can use elemental magic, or at least manifest elemental effects.

Rick
>
>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 ]
>> 
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