[RPM] Learning the system

[johndallman]

A familiar problem in RogerBW games: wanting to make a physical image of a face seen only in scrying. Our witch does not have Artist skill, but our techie had a Polaroid camera in his "backup resource stockpile", and it had some film that wasn't far out of date.

Lesser Strengthen Mind (3) Photographic Memory (10), Lesser Transform Matter (8), put your hand over the lens and push the button. Picture ejects, made the spell roll by 6, we have a picture.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by johndallman

A familiar problem in RogerBW games: wanting to make a physical image of a face seen only in scrying. Our witch does not have Artist skill, but our techie had a Polaroid camera in his "backup resource stockpile", and it had some film that wasn't far out of date.

Lesser Strengthen Mind (3) Photographic Memory (10), Lesser Transform Matter (8), put your hand over the lens and push the button. Picture ejects, made the spell roll by 6, we have a picture.

I'd use a Lesser Transform Body effect and that's it along with the picture. Arguments could be made for Path of Magic skills if you're defeating JUST scrying.

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

I'd use a Lesser Transform Body effect and that's it along with the picture. Arguments could be made for Path of Magic skills if you're defeating JUST scrying.

I wasn't clear, I think.

The witch had scryed the target, and that effect had finished. She had the image in her mind, and wanted to record it so that others could see it. Lesser Transform Body to turn herself into a likeness of the target would work, and then she could be photographed.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by johndallman

I wasn't clear, I think.

The witch had scryed the target, and that effect had finished. She had the image in her mind, and wanted to record it so that others could see it. Lesser Transform Body to turn herself into a likeness of the target would work, and then she could be photographed.

Yeah, I didn't get that at all. You could use a Lesser TRansform Mind + Lesser Transform Matter to transfer images from their mind into the camera itself and produce pictures from it.

You could use Lesser Transform Body for a facsimile since the witch is unlikely to look similiar to the target, but you'd need a Greater effect to get an exact appearance.