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the_matrix_walker · 06-02-2009, 11:55 PM

I'd love to hear a Game Dev statement on this. The notion that a phantom can't pick up an inanimate object just sounds beyond ridiculous to me.

The Apportation and Hinder prerequisites suggest this STRONGLY. Living subjects get a resistance roll to Apportation, inanimate objects to not. GURPS Illusions are magic holograms that can be photographed and are not simply "disbelieved" into vanishing, so they move the resistance to the contest rather than the basic spell for living creatures. Inanimate objects should be affected with just the base roll just like Apportation.

06-02-2009, 11:55 PM	#72
the_matrix_walker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lynn, MA	Re: Phantom abilities I'd love to hear a Game Dev statement on this. The notion that a phantom can't pick up an inanimate object just sounds beyond ridiculous to me. The Apportation and Hinder prerequisites suggest this STRONGLY. Living subjects get a resistance roll to Apportation, inanimate objects to not. GURPS Illusions are magic holograms that can be photographed and are not simply "disbelieved" into vanishing, so they move the resistance to the contest rather than the basic spell for living creatures. Inanimate objects should be affected with just the base roll just like Apportation.