<div dir="ltr"><div>Blood magic....see Permanent Magics, Enchanted Dedication. Blood is often used as the agent.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 2:59 PM Scott Adams <<a href="mailto:longshotgm@comcast.net">longshotgm@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I just thought it was neat item. Very Bond Q level stuff.<br>
Blood magic - None in pnp per se. Its like <br>
needing hair or blood to tie say a Tracking spell to a item.<br>
MEL19 wow. that's higher than folks in party. ;)<br>
I'd lower it by 5-6.<br>
As to badge goign to HQ a simple series of teleports is possible.<br>
How about before it gets sent after X days.<br>
It TPs to next superior or associate?<br>
Say Agent has 4 in team. Agent gets kidnapped <br>
for 3 days. Badge goes ot head of party.<br>
It can thorugh magic (tracking, etc.) lead party to Agent.<br>
If no asosciates then his boss/station head.<br>
If not then HQ.<br>
Also maybe have Badge send reports to HQ.<br>
It could store a very brief report and use Sending or Mana Powers to send it.<br>
Issue is range for sending.<br>
I got around this for ....ahh..someone and i'll keep that private for now.<br>
John our Priest is a good source of that <br>
topic. He has a good grasp at times even better than me.<br>
You can contact him for ideas.<br>
As to Hasbro I'd send a certified letter. So they have to sign for it.<br>
Advised final attempt to contact. if no contact in X days (say 90)<br>
then will pubilsh as is. Fully. No edits.<br>
Frankly i doubt they care.<br>
In the end magic is not mechanical. We in pnp love the magic.<br>
But for you the author use license. Who cares how it was made. :)<br>
90% readers wonlt.<br>
10% of us who read and know pnp will but you are working for a larger audience.<br>
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At 04:26 PM 1/7/2019, you wrote:<br>
>lol - I made it by soaking my mind in P&P, using <br>
>a writer's creative license. However, you made <br>
>many good points. So, here is my thinking <br>
>concerning the making/structure of the badge's <br>
>magic: Ward to detect Owner: a ward of <br>
>recognition/permission to carry/use that <br>
>prevents non-owner magics from triggering (I <br>
>will have to read up on blood magics, if can <br>
>find where the info is) New Owner transfer: An <br>
>additional ward triggered by loss of contact <br>
>with Owner due to recognizing loss of life, or <br>
>mentally-stated trigger word given by original <br>
>Owner. This designated new owner has already <br>
>been 'shown' to the badge (a mental image made <br>
>while watching that person talking). This ward <br>
>is strong enough for 2 uses; the badge must then <br>
>be replaced with a new one, as it won't <br>
>recognize further Owner transfers. New Owners <br>
>are supposed to return to HQ to have badge <br>
>turned in & receive their own new badge asap. <br>
>Since agents carrying these badges are <br>
>often far from home, enough magical energy was <br>
>used in its creation to allow the time to get <br>
>back home. It seems to me that there would also <br>
>be a homing spell on the badge that's triggered <br>
>by the loss of the two Owner renewals; it will <br>
>eventually, seemingly by accident return to HQ. <br>
>HQ is notified of a badge's Owner change by a <br>
>mana spell of Communication - a 5-word phrase. <br>
>the badge seeks the closest qualified person, if <br>
>out of range of HQ. ALL members of this <br>
>organization have taken a solemn oath to serve <br>
>their Queen & agree to send this message through <br>
>the Temple of Potah, so the message may be <br>
>received by an member agent (as a mental picture <br>
>of the old & new Owners) or the closest Temple <br>
>of Potah. [This was definitely author's literary <br>
>freedom - lol, but all the suggestions made are <br>
>appreciated, as I need to learn more about <br>
>magic, anyway] Goes rusty/dead on unuse by <br>
>non-owner: an Illusion spell that is permanent <br>
>until new Owner can be recognized, &/or it gets <br>
>itself returned to HQ by devious homing-spell <br>
>means. There is also a small transmutation spell <br>
>attached (the feeling by touch of rust's <br>
>roughness) that will fade when badge retrieved <br>
>by Owner. Glows to show Owner when being held: <br>
>Ward activated by Owner's active use of badge. <br>
>My feeling is that the amount of magics in one <br>
>of these badges almost, but not quite, makes it <br>
>semi-intelligent or semi-aware. Making one uses <br>
>the magics that can only be bought by a Queen & <br>
>the high-ranking priests involved in the solemn <br>
>oath-taking of the secret society involved. [You <br>
>can see I used literary license, but really <br>
>wanted it based upon P&P world. I have not been <br>
>able to keep up on all the changes in spells <br>
>presented, especially with priests, witches etc, <br>
>but studied what I could find for the NPC <br>
>magic-users. For example, in Book 2 of my <br>
>trilogy, I created a 51-year old priest for the <br>
>Temple of Potah, a Mashmasha Kah (Rank 8), <br>
>called a Masha Mah, who is MnL 19/MEL 9, whom <br>
>our heroes meet during teh crisis of the book. <br>
>He (after all others have left the area), <br>
>secretly summons one of his superiors who has <br>
>the spell knowledge needed to solve the problems <br>
>the heroes have now left to them. Between the <br>
>two priests, spells of a similar strength to the <br>
>badge are able to be performed in a most holy <br>
>environment, created by their devotion to their <br>
>god &, secondarily to their nation's Queen, a <br>
>good ruler.] Sorry the books aren't available <br>
>unless I send a copy, but can't sell them that <br>
>way - at least until I figure out a way that I <br>
>can afford. I need some way to get the books <br>
>published - Hasbro is unresponsive so far. If I <br>
>leave a picture of the official map(s) out of <br>
>the book, I might be okay - but not sure. <br>
>Trying, at intervals, to find out more. Bess L. <br>
>Hadley <br>
>-------------------------------------------- On <br>
>Mon, <br>
>1/7/19, <<a href="mailto:pnp-request@list.powersandperils.org" target="_blank">pnp-request@list.powersandperils.org</a>> <br>
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>Message: 1 Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:17:03 -0500 <br>
>From: Scott Adams <<a href="mailto:longshotgm@comcast.net" target="_blank">longshotgm@comcast.net</a>> To: <br>
><a href="mailto:pnp@list.powersandperils.org" target="_blank">pnp@list.powersandperils.org</a> Subject: [PnP] <br>
>Badge Message-ID: <br>
><<a href="mailto:mailman.2.1546858802.27865.pnp@list.powersandperils.org" target="_blank">mailman.2.1546858802.27865.pnp@list.powersandperils.org</a>> <br>
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>format=flowed We don't need no stinkin' badges! <br>
>Bess I'm reading your book. Good stuff so far. <br>
>Your magical badge intrigues me! As a good <br>
>topic here. If you wish to share. How do you <br>
>handle it? -Â Â Â Â Ward to detect owner. Â <br>
>Â Probably using blood magic. Ward. Detection <br>
>spell. - New owner transfer. Telepathic Power <br>
>probably mind Read, Shell Ward? A unused Ward <br>
>that activates fr new owner? Takes picture - <br>
>Illusion? Detection. Notify Society - <br>
>Sending yet this range is very short range so <br>
>I find this hard. Â Â So probably a mana powers <br>
>spell - like Kiet uses. - Goes Rusty/dead on <br>
>unuse by non owner Transmutate? Ward. Illusion <br>
>probably. - Glows to show owner holdng it. <br>
>Illusion or light power? Ward. Interesting <br>
>magical item. I know for dramatic book reasons <br>
>the mechanics are vague. But curious. ;) Â Â <br>
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>Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 02:56:09 +0000 (UTC) From: <br>
>Hsingai Altaica <<a href="mailto:draltaica@yahoo.com" target="_blank">draltaica@yahoo.com</a>> To: The <br>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" No <br>
>fair talking about your private stories in <br>
>public. Now I really want to read the book and <br>
>find out what your talking about. :P?--- It is <br>
>with books as with the fire in our hearths; we <br>
>go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it <br>
>when we return home, pass it on to others, and <br>
>it belongs to everyone. Â Â Â From: Scott <br>
>Adams <<a href="mailto:longshotgm@comcast.net" target="_blank">longshotgm@comcast.net</a>> Â To: <br>
><a href="mailto:pnp@list.powersandperils.org" target="_blank">pnp@list.powersandperils.org</a> Â Sent: Sunday, <br>
>January 6, 2019 8:17 PM Â Subject: [PnP] Badge <br>
>Â Â We don't need no stinkin' badges! Bess I'm <br>
>reading your book. Good stuff so far. Your <br>
>magical badge intrigues me!? As a good topic <br>
>here. If you wish to share. How do you handle <br>
>it? -? ??? Ward to detect owner. ? Probably <br>
>using blood magic. Ward. Detection spell. - New <br>
>owner transfer. Telepathic Power probably mind <br>
>Read, Shell Ward?? A unused Ward that activates <br>
>fr new owner? Takes picture - Illusion?? <br>
>Detection. Notify Society - Sending? yet this <br>
>range is very short range so I find this hard. ? <br>
>So probably a mana powers spell - like Kiet <br>
>uses. - Goes Rusty/dead on unuse by non owner <br>
>Transmutate? Ward.? Illusion probably. - Glows <br>
>to show owner holdng it. Illusion or light <br>
>power? Ward. Interesting magical item. I know <br>
>for dramatic book reasons the mechanics are <br>
>vague. But curious. ;) ??? <br>
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