PotatoJedi
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 30, 2018 18:18:47 GMT
Name: Livewire Range: 3m Casting Time: 1 Round MP Cost: 10 Duration: Up to 2 Rounds
You "jump" into electrical wiring. Your body de-materialises as sparks of lightning flash all around you and you enter into the electrical grid or some other wiring. While in it, you move through it as fast as electricity can, allowing you to cross great distances in only a few seconds, provided that there is wiring for you to travel long. At any point during the duration, you can decide to re-materialise, appearing in the nearest unoccupied space that you can fit in as sparks of lightning flash around you again.
You only have a general sense of direction. You cannot travel into a bank vault unless you know precisely how far, what direction and what wiring you need to travel along. If you travel in a general direction without knowing where you're going, the GM decides where you end up.
Travelling in such manner is very taxing on your body. You take 1d4 Stun damage when you exit the wiring. If you are unfortunate enough to be hit by something such as an EMP while you are still in the wiring, the GM may decide that something very bad happens to you.
You cannot affect any of the wiring or devices while you are travelling like this.
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Post by logan9a on Oct 30, 2018 18:28:41 GMT
That one may be freakishly OP - and split the party (violating Logan rule #2) however I could see a spell that lets you see briefly through some other electronic device. Not sure how useful it would be but...
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 30, 2018 18:35:27 GMT
What, you mean like jump into the electrical wiring, travel wherever you're travelling, "see" through some device, then get pulled back to where you started?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 30, 2018 18:40:47 GMT
More like you get a glimpse of who is on the other end. That could be mega cool - and horrifying if you are tracking down a hacker though at that point (fortunately) you'd have to do some sketch artist stuff to draw them. ANOTHER SKILL WOOT!
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 30, 2018 18:52:01 GMT
So the description could be something like…
"You get a momentary glimpse through a device that is connected to the electrical grid. You channel your energy through a nearby electrical socket. Choose a destination and, once the spell is cast, a device connected to the electrical grid at that destination (a laptop or mobile phone is not an option if they are not connected to a power outlet). If you do not know specifically what device at the destination you are trying to connect to, the GM chooses one for you. You can "see" through the device for a few seconds, after which you return to your own senses."
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Post by logan9a on Oct 30, 2018 18:56:17 GMT
Or
If you know roughly the device you are wanting to see - and it's hooked up to the internet or electrical grid - you can have a very quick glance as though you were looking out through that device.
KISS, as they say.
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Post by logan9a on Oct 30, 2018 19:01:39 GMT
(Though I appreciate your attempts to really be specific.)
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 30, 2018 19:08:33 GMT
Name: Livewire Range: 3m, Electrical Grid or Internet Casting Time: 1 Round MP Cost: 6 Duration: 1 Round
You get a momentary glimpse through a device that is connected to the electrical grid or to the internet. You channel your energy through a nearby electrical socket or internet router. If you know roughly the device you are wanting to see - and it's hooked up to the internet or electrical grid - you can have a very quick glance as though you were looking out through that device.
My attempts to be really specific is both a curse and a blessing. It means I can analyse situations more deeply, but it also means I overthink things a lot.
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Post by Scott on Oct 31, 2018 18:55:27 GMT
Does it have to have a screen or a camera or something? Or can you look out of a toaster?
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 31, 2018 19:42:25 GMT
I interpreted it as any device that meets those criteria, including a toaster.
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Post by logan9a on Nov 1, 2018 12:18:00 GMT
I'm good with toaster. I would say this spell could be countered by a feraday cage as well as other spells, wards (that haven't been invented by the PC's yet) and possibly other weird stuff. Maybe a shitload of growing plants. We should specify that it has to be out of something hooked up to the wall outlet though otherwise, even unplugging everything electronic won't save you.
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Post by PotatoJedi on Nov 1, 2018 13:15:43 GMT
Hooked up to the electrical grid covers that. We can get rid of the internet connection if you want, so that people can't connect to a laptop over Wi-Fi. It has to be connected to a power outlet otherwise you can't do anything.
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Post by Scott on Nov 1, 2018 18:52:24 GMT
It's unclear how the targeting works if you don't know of a specific device that you want to look out of.
Do you specify a spatial vicinity? (That building over there.) This would give you a random view in that building. Do you specify who you want to look at? (Show me Aeolous.) This would give you a view from a random device near Aeolous. Can you specify a type of device? Is this a case of "the more information you give, the better the results"?
Also, range is listed as 3m. Presumably that is the max distance between the caster and an outlet. This means the range to the target is unlimited as long as there is a wired path there thru the power grid?
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Post by logan9a on Nov 1, 2018 18:57:31 GMT
Some good points there.
We should have it get specific like 'I want to see into the living room'. If there isn't anything in there that can be seen out of, the caster is just screwed. Or the GM might give a view of everyone's feet. The caster might have to specify 'this time I want to see out of the - not the lamp - shade's in the way - how about through the phone?'.
Hum. Thinking about it, seeing out through a phone with no screen seems a bit silly to me.
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Post by PotatoJedi on Nov 1, 2018 20:17:32 GMT
The way I imagined it was that you have to specify a specific device in a specific place. If there is more than one of those devices in that place, then you either have to be more specific or the GM just chooses one for you.
For example: "I want to look through the phone in that building over there" – might be more than one phone, might not be any phone, etc. The more specific, the better.
"I want to look through the ceiling lamp in the oval office at the White Mansion." Quite specific, so less chance of fuckery from the GM. I absolutely do not think you should be allowed to say "I want to look at John" and then have it automatically find a device for you.
Correct. Of course, I'm no electrical engineer so I don't really know how grid networks are designed and how they interlink, but I imagine the range of a City is more than reasonable for this. Probably even longer.
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