Insubstantial questions

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by tantric

Hmm - good point. Being a spirit on the spirit plane is a Feature [0]. The unseen spy is an issue. Most ancestral spirits will be severely limited in how much aid they can give. They flat cannot give out answers to difficult questions. In the rare cases when they do, they must be coerced by a diviner. I need to come up with a standard limitation for this - Pact? Sense of Duty (Descendants) 10% and Major Vow (No Overt Interference in Mortal Affairs) 10%. These pacts would have to be very clearly defined for the various groups - Guardian Spirits, Ancestral Spirits and Patron Spirits (the Allies of Diviners).

It seems to me that a spirit that answers questions, but doesn't provide more material aid, is functionally a Contact.

Bill Stoddard

[Gef]

Originally Posted by tantric

Where is this bit about Will/Powers Only? I'm making the fact that spirits can sense each other is just part of the package.

I'm assuming it's worth -20% as an Accessibility limitation. That is, in this case, it buys off a certain penalty, but doesn't help a spirit resist being summoned and bound.

GEF

[Gef]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

The ability for spirits to see one another is easily and cheaply accounted for if you standardize Affects Substantial Only...

Sorry, don't know how I missed it. Upon thinking about it, though, I like the idea that spirits don't see one another (unless they have special powers to do so).

GEF