What is a suimulacra?

[Sodalis]

i don't know- so I will ask...

what is a simulacrum? is it an exact replica of the original? what is the purpose? how are they made?

thanks a bunch...

 

[Henrix]

Uh, are you asking about the spell Simulacrum, or are you asking something completely different?

 

[Sodalis]

well, i am running anonline game right now- and one of the players wnated tobe one. i said OK, thinking that i can look it up later- i couldn't

so- i would like to know what is he playing, where it was from, and all that good stuff.

All i know so far is its a copy of something... but thats about it.

Can you all out there give me as much info as you are wiling to type up on it.

many thanks

 

[Henrix]

Why not just check it out in the SRD?

 

[Gromm]

Neat idea, but you might want to adapt it a bit since he wouldn't heal without a large amount of cash, can't be raised, and can't gain levels.

 

[Sodalis]

i am catering tothe specifics of each character- that is why i want to know as much as possible for each player.

Plus- this game is more like a story- the less the stats- the better- and focuses more on RPing. Actually- i hope they will never have to roll a dice...and take their actions at face value.



thanks a bunch

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

A simulacrum is a level 6 illusion spell that makes a copy of a target that has 50+1d10% of the targets hit points, memories, etc..., the stats remain the same. They are constructs and controlled by the maker without question and normally aren't able to get experience and such. Its intantaneous as well so it can't be dispelled.

 

[Pielorinho]

In Postmodernist parlance, a simulacrum is a copy for which there is no original (or for which the original has no special value). A Taco Bell store might be a simulacrum: all the stores are basically copies in appearance and layout, but it's not like they're inferior copies of the Grand Original Taco Bell. If the original Taco Bell still exists, it doesn't have any special value above any of the copies.

Simulacra is just the Latin-nerd technically-correct plural form of simulacrum.

I mention the Postmodernist definition because it might be something fun to play with, if you're not doing a rules-heavy campaign (and if your player doesn't read this post). What if his character isn't a copy of a real mage, but rather is one of several almost-identical versions of a being for which there is no Original? Perhaps the five of them were created by an experimenting wizard.

When his simulacrum meets another simulacrum, they may both say, "I'm a copy of you!" Eventually, they'll realize that they're not a copy of any real being, but rather are all copies of one another. How they deal with this realization might be fun.

Daniel

 

[hong]

"It's not self-abuse if you do it with a clone!"

 

[Lela]

When his simulacrum meets another simulacrum, they may both say, "I'm a copy of you!" Eventually, they'll realize that they're not a copy of any real being, but rather are all copies of one another. How they deal with this realization might be fun.

Daniel

Well, I think they would say, "You're a copy of me!" After all, under this premise, they still think that they are real so the other must not be. That, or they'll think the other is a twin brother.