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Re: [RPM] "Path of Energy ends where others begin". Huh?
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04-02-2014, 11:15 AM | #12 | |
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04-02-2014, 11:18 AM | #14 | |
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And chemical energy is required for fire to function, i.e. Path of Matter. |
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04-02-2014, 11:25 AM | #16 |
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Re: [RPM] "Path of Energy ends where others begin". Huh?
Chemical energy within the body so still Path of Body.
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04-02-2014, 11:26 AM | #17 |
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Re: [RPM] "Path of Energy ends where others begin". Huh?
I don't think a dead firewood counts as Body anymore.
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04-02-2014, 11:28 AM | #18 |
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Re: [RPM] "Path of Energy ends where others begin". Huh?
I would have counted it as matter when it was both alive and dead personally.
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04-02-2014, 11:39 AM | #19 | |
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Energy alone seems to generally act on energy that is not intrinsic to the structure of an object under one of the other domains. Energy will heat air, but isn't good if you want to alter the configuration of chemical bonds in the molecules.
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04-02-2014, 11:48 AM | #20 | |
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Re: [RPM] "Path of Energy ends where others begin". Huh?
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Destroy Lesser Energy sounds as if it is directly attacking the energy rather than the interface between the matter and energy and stops the fire by destroying enough energy that the reaction is no longer self-sustaining. I’d tend to visualize the effect as a sudden decrease from a log blazing to a few licks of flame that burn themselves down to embers within a minute or so. By that token you couldn’t disrupt the bioelectricity in a body without using Path of Body but you probably could use Destroy Bioelectricity using Path of Energy alone. GURPS doesn’t particularly go for instant kill spells, so I think the reasoning preventing Destroy Bioelectricity from being lethal would likely run along the lines of, it is instantaneous in its effect so it only destroys the bioelectricity that was present in cells that were firing at that exact instant. Those cells that were electrically at rest were unaffected. Much like curses on large areas/large groups, you won’t get all the firing cells, only most of them. The best you can reasonably hope for is the creation of a momentary nervous paralysis that will last for a second or two before the cells affected can fire again as Destroy Bioelectricity leaves the chemicals in the cell unaffected. |
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