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11-08-2019, 08:40 AM | #1 |
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Granting INT to Unthinking Object
Is there an Advantage or Ability that can grant Intelligence to an otherwise Unintelligent Object? Would it be a version of Affliction?
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11-08-2019, 09:26 AM | #2 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
GURPS Magic offers Independence and Initiative, which are specific to 'granting the semblance of intellect to an illusory thing' but at least offer some decent guidelines for what might be reasonable.
"Independence" is nothing more than allowing the subject to follow programmed responses. This would be best modeled with Control (Powers p.90) with levels of Persistent and Extended Duration, and isn't really imparting any intelligence at all - it's just letting the subject react according to the programmed instructions. "Initiative" is much more complex, and I'd model it with an Affliction granting IQ and a Cosmic Modular Ability that the user could fill with skills they had. This wouldn't impart any ability to communicate if the subject isn't already capable of that; if you want a spell that makes a talking rock, you're probably going to need to give it a mouth at the very least, or also afflict it with SOME form of communication ability. "Grant IQ to an IQ 0 object" is a bit too broad to cover with any one power. What, specifically, are you trying to accomplish?
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11-08-2019, 10:56 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
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Basically, it would be an Attribute Bonus, as discussed here: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=166210 Last edited by Coinage; 11-08-2019 at 11:04 AM. |
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11-08-2019, 11:02 AM | #4 | |
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11-08-2019, 11:13 AM | #5 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
Got it, thx
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11-08-2019, 11:20 AM | #6 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
I keep thinking of the "I have no mouth yet I must scream" scenario. Then I started thinking about what suddenly having awareness of the world and also the power to speak would be like. I imagine there would be a lot of questions. Also I figure art would be very angry for being objectified, kind of like waking up and finding someone staring at your naked body.
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11-08-2019, 02:59 PM | #7 | |
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11-08-2019, 03:07 PM | #8 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
Not really a lot of point to it. All the object will have time for is to think "Oh no, not again," before landing in the crater made by a falling whale.
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11-08-2019, 04:36 PM | #9 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
The other thing you can do is have a summonable ally that occupies objects, though this isn't especially easy to implement (some form of morph, possibly).
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11-08-2019, 05:14 PM | #10 |
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Re: Granting INT to Unthinking Object
Powers p. 77 has an enhancement for Speak With Plants that raises their IQ from their default of 0 to the same as the power-user's IQ, while the power is in use. Don't think too hard about the ethics of this.
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