[theclaw]

Hi guys

Just a quick one:

I'd like one of my NPCs to have a bound spirit. Is the spirit roaming around ? Can it be asked a long term assignment ? Can he be bound to an item and be summoned back ?

Thanks

[Shinobi Killfist]

I assume this is a edition with bound spirits.

Unless ordered to roam they are on hold a complex action away. My memory sucks but not the astral but their meta plane I think.

Yes it can be assigned to a long term assignment. I think up to a year and a day. It’s generally considered a jerk move in the spirit world.

Bound to items. Normally no. At least not if I’m understanding your question. It could be a quirk of a “free” spirit I guess. Some kind of story point about items from A lost age. Once you learn the spirts true name you control it etc. players could be tasked with freeing it from the item, releasing the genie.

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

6we didn't necessarily get rid of Binding.

It just isn't letting PCs bind them.  NPCs? Still no reason they can't have bound spirits in 6we.

But other than that quibble: Yeah, what Shinobi Killfist said.

[theclaw]

Thanks guys

[GuardDuty]

Can it be asked a long term assignment ?

Older editions (1-3) note: nature spirits only lasted until the next sunrise or sunset, so for them the answer would be no.  There isn't a set time I can find for elementals, but based on my answer for #2 I'd say there should probably be a pretty limited time period (maybe days=force would be fair?).  It's also worth noting that an elemental that was more than a certain distance from the summoner would go free after completing it's current service.

Can he be bound to an item and be summoned back ?

There aren't rules for this that I'm aware of.  However, there are rules for binding elementals to guard a certain site.  It cost karma equal to the force of the elemental and lasted for a year and a day.  I'd say it's a sufficiently similar situation, personally.

All that said, if it's an NPC, just do what you like.  The idea is not distinctly un-Shadowrun, and there's no rule that PCs should be able to do or even understand everything an NPC can do.