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Title: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Senko on <03-16-16/1313:17>
I'm just wondering is there an insect repelling spell out there? Just normal insects cockroach's, ants, flies that sort of thing. I'm curious is there's a spell you can put on a room to keep all those critters out of the room so you don't have a cockroach crawling through your food?
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Reaver on <03-16-16/1323:36>
maybe.

The game doesn't cover a lot fo mundane spells that get described in fluff all the time.... Like the spell a mage used to light his cigarette in one piece of fiction.

If you want a spell with no game world (mechanical) consequences, go for it. 
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Senko on <03-16-16/1329:42>
So no printed one guess I'll look at control temperature as my base thanks.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: DeathStrobe on <03-16-16/1341:36>
Get a spirit with the fear power? Or maybe a more powerful version of sanitize.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Tecumseh on <03-16-16/1422:30>
I'm pretty sure Kincaid is using Ignite (p. 293 SR5) to light his cigarettes.

As for a spell to resist insects, sure. Bug Zapper is a version of Mana Barrier that's tailored to insect spirits, so I don't see any issue with creating a version of Physical Barrier that's tailored to regular insects. You could just use Physical Barrier with a low Force, since the insects wouldn't be strong enough to overcome it. Or if you didn't want to be casting and recasting all the time, create an insect-specific version of Physical Barrier. I'd make it the same spell, maybe knocking 1 or 2 off the Drain.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Mirikon on <03-16-16/1503:16>
I'm just wondering is there an insect repelling spell out there? Just normal insects cockroach's, ants, flies that sort of thing. I'm curious is there's a spell you can put on a room to keep all those critters out of the room so you don't have a cockroach crawling through your food?
There is! It is called 'Flamethrower'.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: PiXeL01 on <03-16-16/1832:17>
What about a bound spirit with the single service "keep insects out of my kitchen"?
Of those that might keep your squatter/street lifestyle harassed too but that's just a bonus!
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: KraakenDazs on <03-16-16/1930:08>
Slay [Regular insect]? :P
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Adamo1618 on <03-16-16/2048:58>
Insectizide?
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Senko on <03-16-16/2137:06>
Slay [Regular insect]? :P

Do you really want to kill an ants nest one ant at a time?
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Mirikon on <03-17-16/0102:30>
Slay [Regular insect]? :P

Do you really want to kill an ants nest one ant at a time?
That's why Fireball spells exist. With enough fire, there will be no insects.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: KraakenDazs on <03-17-16/0119:00>
F1 powerball.
Everyone can resist that damage, but probably not ant. :P

Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Senko on <03-17-16/0557:21>
How about the furniture.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Reaver on <03-17-16/1119:04>
If your furniture can't handle a F1 powerball, STOP SHOPPING AT IKEA!!!

Seriously, you get what you pay for. By cheap, get cheap :P

(IE: if your lifestyle is that low, you have other problems then ants in the pantry)
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Nightmare on <03-17-16/1131:51>
If your furniture can't handle a F1 powerball, STOP SHOPPING AT IKEA!!!

Seriously, you get what you pay for. By cheap, get cheap :P

(IE: if your lifestyle is that low, you have other problems then ants in the pantry)

You mean S-Kea right?
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Reaver on <03-17-16/2059:59>
Whatever sells "excessively cheap, but we make it look stylish" in SR :P

(Can you tell I am not an IKEA fan :D)
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: KraakenDazs on <03-17-16/2147:53>
F1 Manaball then. Ants and bugs are alive.

You might hinder small puppies and chimera animals in the process, but like insect repellant, dont spray it on them! :P
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Tarislar on <03-17-16/2305:43>
I recall there used to be a variant of Physical Barrier that was called Anti-Bullet Barrier, so the idea of making a variant limited to Insects seems very plausible to me.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Dinendae on <03-18-16/0047:49>
Whatever sells "excessively cheap, but we make it look stylish" in SR :P

(Can you tell I am not an IKEA fan :D )


Hey now, some of our runners can barely afford a low lifestyle, and IKEA would be an upgrade!  :'(
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Senko on <03-18-16/0239:33>
All the more reason to have this spell just because your sleeping in the dumpster behind the local stuffer shack doesn't mean you need to share your bed with the local cockroaches.
Title: Re: Is there an insect repelling spell?
Post by: Jack_Spade on <03-18-16/0302:45>
I'd use a low level mana barrier and a combination of sterilize and a mana AOE to clean a place (Useful if you want to do first aid tests without penalties)