Variable Arcana
2007-02-24, 02:04 PM
The Ghost's ability "Malevolence" is described as being similar the the magic jar spell by a 10th level caster.
Such a spell would have a 10 hour duration.
However, most descriptions of ghosts *using* this ability describe it as a way to go on multi-week quests away from the place they haunt (in order to fulfill the condition which will let them rest). (This is *hinted* at in the description of one of the ghosts in Libris Mortis -- Taryn Darena, p. 149 -- but it's not explicitly answered.)
So... what's the duration? Are there additional saves every 10 hrs, every 24 hrs, never??
Second question: what's the experience of a possessed individual? What if they're sleeping when they are possessed -- on a successful save do they just wake up, or do they know what just happened? On a failed save, do they experience what their body does, or black out, waking up clueless in the morning? What if the ghost casts a suggestion at the end of the time, telling them it was just a bad dream?
I ask because I'm going to be DMing a PC with this power soon -- I'm perfectly willing to make arbitrary DM rulings (though I want to do so *now* before they actually arise) -- but if there are good answers out there, I'd like to start from those.
Such a spell would have a 10 hour duration.
However, most descriptions of ghosts *using* this ability describe it as a way to go on multi-week quests away from the place they haunt (in order to fulfill the condition which will let them rest). (This is *hinted* at in the description of one of the ghosts in Libris Mortis -- Taryn Darena, p. 149 -- but it's not explicitly answered.)
So... what's the duration? Are there additional saves every 10 hrs, every 24 hrs, never??
Second question: what's the experience of a possessed individual? What if they're sleeping when they are possessed -- on a successful save do they just wake up, or do they know what just happened? On a failed save, do they experience what their body does, or black out, waking up clueless in the morning? What if the ghost casts a suggestion at the end of the time, telling them it was just a bad dream?
I ask because I'm going to be DMing a PC with this power soon -- I'm perfectly willing to make arbitrary DM rulings (though I want to do so *now* before they actually arise) -- but if there are good answers out there, I'd like to start from those.