...y'know, I never even considered weaponizing that effect. That's officially going in my Escalation Box (for enemies who are tougher than mages, and less deserving of survival), once I get the kick in the pants necessary to get me to develop it properly.
I'd just wrote that as 'okay, I need to illustrate that I'm successfully warping space-time, but that it's REALLY not ready for prime-time'. It was supposed to just be flavor.
Thanks for the name suggestions, but I find most of them lacking in gravitas and/or sufficient levels of geekiness/awesome. I like 'Vagabond Express' the best, if only for the rationale.Tempted to refine the spell and name it 'Nirvana' (because it'd make you one with everything), but even that doesn't seem quite right.
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[LOADING MM-DT27. CASTING.]
WHOOSH.... VWWWWW-ZAP-K-KSSSHHHHHH!
...okay, what in the Seven Hells was that?! [Malleus! Analysis!]
[TARGET OBJECT UNCHANGED. TARGET VOLUME UNCHANGED. TARGET DENSITY UNCHANGED. DIMENSIONAL DISTORTION DETECTED, LASTING 0.23 SECONDS; TARGET LOCATION EXPANDED BY FACTOR OF 1000 DURING DISTORTION. TARGET LOCATION SIZE UNCHANGED. TARGET-]
[...wait. So the space occupied by the target was... stretched... for a short time? It was the same size, but that size occupied more space for that time?]
[DATA SUPPORTS YOUR CONCLUSION.]
[Scan matter at the edges of the expansion area. Any sign of disruption?]
[PROCESSING...NO EFFECTS DETECTED.]
[Extrapolate. Given the information on hand, what would happen to a living being caught partially within, or traveling through, such a disruption?]
[PROCESSING...PROCESSING...NO RESULTS FOUND.]
[Clarify. You mean that there would be no effect, or that you lack the information needed?]
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
...sigh. My Device is a smart-ass. I should've seen this coming.
[Get me all the literature on the subject. I want journals, theoretical models, and any spellwork done. Test 2 is over.]
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
Heh... finally. Just what I was hoping for. All I need to do is fine-tune it.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
I'd just wrote that as 'okay, I need to illustrate that I'm successfully warping space-time, but that it's REALLY not ready for prime-time'. It was supposed to just be flavor.
Thanks for the name suggestions, but I find most of them lacking in gravitas and/or sufficient levels of geekiness/awesome. I like 'Vagabond Express' the best, if only for the rationale.Tempted to refine the spell and name it 'Nirvana' (because it'd make you one with everything), but even that doesn't seem quite right.
**********
[LOADING MM-DT27. CASTING.]
WHOOSH.... VWWWWW-ZAP-K-KSSSHHHHHH!
...okay, what in the Seven Hells was that?! [Malleus! Analysis!]
[TARGET OBJECT UNCHANGED. TARGET VOLUME UNCHANGED. TARGET DENSITY UNCHANGED. DIMENSIONAL DISTORTION DETECTED, LASTING 0.23 SECONDS; TARGET LOCATION EXPANDED BY FACTOR OF 1000 DURING DISTORTION. TARGET LOCATION SIZE UNCHANGED. TARGET-]
[...wait. So the space occupied by the target was... stretched... for a short time? It was the same size, but that size occupied more space for that time?]
[DATA SUPPORTS YOUR CONCLUSION.]
[Scan matter at the edges of the expansion area. Any sign of disruption?]
[PROCESSING...NO EFFECTS DETECTED.]
[Extrapolate. Given the information on hand, what would happen to a living being caught partially within, or traveling through, such a disruption?]
[PROCESSING...PROCESSING...NO RESULTS FOUND.]
[Clarify. You mean that there would be no effect, or that you lack the information needed?]
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
...sigh. My Device is a smart-ass. I should've seen this coming.
[Get me all the literature on the subject. I want journals, theoretical models, and any spellwork done. Test 2 is over.]
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
Heh... finally. Just what I was hoping for. All I need to do is fine-tune it.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.