InMe guidelines

[mean_liar]

After a brief discussion with a SG about the InMe guidelines since resolved, I thought I'd put the discussion out here just to see what others thought.

InMe guidelines from the main book list that Momentary spells only ask 1 question.
InMe15 allows you to ask one question of your target.
InMe20 allows you to know what someone did yesterday.
InMe25 gives you all the information you wish from a target's mind.

So...

1. What happens when you cast based on the InMe15 guideline and ask, "what did you do yesterday" as your question? Doesn't this obviate the InMe20 guideline?

2. How does "Peering into the Mortal Mind" work, in that its a Momentary InMe25 spell that appears to give you a heck of a lot more than 1 question with its Momentary duration?

[Xavi]

If you just ask, the target can lie. Chairs and other furniture IMS have a tendency to be complaining liars, and like gossip, but that is beside the point.

OTOH, if you know what someone did yesterday, the info is likely to be true (baring supernatural interference or delusions on the part of the target's perceptions).

PItMM would be a "ask whatever you like to know and the info will be true" effect, AFAIK.

Cheers,
Xavi

[Ravenscroft]

@mean_liar

After a brief discussion with a SG about the InMe guidelines since resolved,

Did you refer to the InMe Guidelines on page 33 in Art & Academe as well?

[mean_liar]

No, we only referenced the main book.

[callen]

@mean_liar

1. What happens when you cast based on the InMe15 guideline and ask, "what did you do yesterday" as your question? Doesn't this obviate the InMe20 guideline?

Yes, that pretty much works. However, I would think you would get the equivalent of a one to few sentence answer instead of the picture-book that you would get with the higher guideline. At least, that's how I'd play it.

@mean_liar

2. How does "Peering into the Mortal Mind" work, in that its a Momentary InMe25 spell that appears to give you a heck of a lot more than 1 question with its Momentary duration?

I don't think it does, I think the guideline makes the question bigger. Instead of "What do you know about X?" it has become "What do you know?" or at least along those lines, making the answer much bigger.

Chris

[LimitedEdition]

My understanding is that :

@mean_liar

1. What happens when you cast based on the InMe15 guideline and ask, "what did you do yesterday" as your question? Doesn't this obviate the InMe20 guideline?

The base 20 guideline allows you to know what the target did yesterday in a very detailed way (= everything that the target remembers), whether if you use the base 15 guideline and ask "what did you do yesterday ?" you will get a vague answer like "I was in my lab working on spell X" without further details.

@mean_liar

2. How does "Peering into the Mortal Mind" work, in that its a Momentary InMe25 spell that appears to give you a heck of a lot more than 1 question with its Momentary duration?

I would here refer to the spell's description.

Nicolas

[Ravenscroft]

@mean_liar

No, we only referenced the main book.

It may be helpful to do so , the guidelines are slightly lengthy for me to post on the forum.

[Tellus]

@LimitedEdition

My understanding is that :

@mean_liar

1. What happens when you cast based on the InMe15 guideline and ask, "what did you do yesterday" as your question? Doesn't this obviate the InMe20 guideline?

The base 20 guideline allows you to know what the target did yesterday in a very detailed way (= everything that the target remembers), whether if you use the base 15 guideline and ask "what did you do yesterday ?" you will get a vague answer like "I was in my lab working on spell X" without further details.

This.