Post by mikkelus on Apr 12, 2020 22:13:02 GMT
The corona virus and COVID-19 have wreaked havoc with daily routines and the global economy. Here’s a chance to protect your character and make a difference! (And earn some XP for your efforts, too!)
Devise and explain magickal methods (rotes) keep your character safe and healthy in these trying times. Got a cure? Got a plan for a filter, a ventilator, or a means to neutralize the virus? Write that down, too!
In the write-up for the rotes, include the spheres involved and levels required, the practices and instruments used in the rote, and any theories or required supporting knowledge. (Taking an herbal remedy concocted by a person who knows nothing about herbs or their properties is kind of like taking a medication or supplement advertised on radio or television infomercials by a paid spokesman… or going to a plumber or electrician for brain surgery!)
An Example:
Lucas George’s Stormtrooper Helmet Filtration System
Matter 2. Forces 2, Life 2
Diff 5 (coincidental)
Threshold: 3 (2 for standard difficulty +1 or more for duration)
Instruments: Armor (helmet); Household Tools(cleaning materials), Gadgets and Inventions(air pump), Energy (LiPO battery pack)
An avid fan of everything Star Wars, George saw the pandemic as an opportunity to do what he loved: what better way to protect against the threat of hostile environments than to build a helmet with filtration system according to the Wookiepedia specifications? (Particularly since he is not yet strong enough in the Force to duplicate anything like Leia’s ‘survive the vacuum of space’ feat.)
A little research on the internet provided the information needed about readily available filter materials, as well as anti-viral properties of copper and silver. A couple packages of copper pot scrubbers, a HEPA vacuum cleaner bag, a furnace filter, an old pillowcase, and some jury-rigging with duct tape and Velcro provided the basic filter and a means to secure it in place. A 12 volt mini diaphragm air pump and some flexible tubing provided the means to move the air through the filter (and the familiar two stage sound associated with breathing apparatus). A LiPO battery pack liberated from a radio control car powers the pump. A little tinkering (and inspiration, which originates in the Force, of course) transforms it all from a convincing looking prop into something that works to provide virus-free, pollution free, healthy filtered air – for a while, anyway, until it requires more tinkering or recharging the battery.
Matter allows materials to be shaped to fit the breathing apparatus space available in the base of the helmet.
Forces provides the electrostatic effect to scrub particles and pollutants from the movement of air through the filter medium.
Life kills any virus on contact with the layers of copper mesh.
Devise and explain magickal methods (rotes) keep your character safe and healthy in these trying times. Got a cure? Got a plan for a filter, a ventilator, or a means to neutralize the virus? Write that down, too!
In the write-up for the rotes, include the spheres involved and levels required, the practices and instruments used in the rote, and any theories or required supporting knowledge. (Taking an herbal remedy concocted by a person who knows nothing about herbs or their properties is kind of like taking a medication or supplement advertised on radio or television infomercials by a paid spokesman… or going to a plumber or electrician for brain surgery!)
An Example:
Lucas George’s Stormtrooper Helmet Filtration System
Matter 2. Forces 2, Life 2
Diff 5 (coincidental)
Threshold: 3 (2 for standard difficulty +1 or more for duration)
Instruments: Armor (helmet); Household Tools(cleaning materials), Gadgets and Inventions(air pump), Energy (LiPO battery pack)
An avid fan of everything Star Wars, George saw the pandemic as an opportunity to do what he loved: what better way to protect against the threat of hostile environments than to build a helmet with filtration system according to the Wookiepedia specifications? (Particularly since he is not yet strong enough in the Force to duplicate anything like Leia’s ‘survive the vacuum of space’ feat.)
A little research on the internet provided the information needed about readily available filter materials, as well as anti-viral properties of copper and silver. A couple packages of copper pot scrubbers, a HEPA vacuum cleaner bag, a furnace filter, an old pillowcase, and some jury-rigging with duct tape and Velcro provided the basic filter and a means to secure it in place. A 12 volt mini diaphragm air pump and some flexible tubing provided the means to move the air through the filter (and the familiar two stage sound associated with breathing apparatus). A LiPO battery pack liberated from a radio control car powers the pump. A little tinkering (and inspiration, which originates in the Force, of course) transforms it all from a convincing looking prop into something that works to provide virus-free, pollution free, healthy filtered air – for a while, anyway, until it requires more tinkering or recharging the battery.
Matter allows materials to be shaped to fit the breathing apparatus space available in the base of the helmet.
Forces provides the electrostatic effect to scrub particles and pollutants from the movement of air through the filter medium.
Life kills any virus on contact with the layers of copper mesh.