detect lie

Post by **WayneO42** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:06 pm

Where is Sensing magic on a person coming from? The skill states:

Sense Magic
You can sense magic by studying an object for 15 seconds. This does not provide any detailed description of the magic, only that magic is present.

Last I checked, people were not objects.

cole45 · Post by **cole45** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:14 pm

No, I didn't mean to imply that detect magic was used on a person. Just that a while back we talked about having cards/stones or what ever for people detecting magic so viewers could not see the action/results. I was trying to say that if we had a physrep for questioning someone with detect lie, you could use the same physrep for detect magic.(since you can not detect magic with out a GM/NPC present, they would have to provide the answer to the question, in the same fashion that a person being questioned for detect lie does.)

Onimaster · Post by **Onimaster** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:23 pm

WayneO42 wrote:Where is Sensing magic on a person coming from? The skill states:

Sense Magic
You can sense magic by studying an object for 15 seconds. This does not provide any detailed description of the magic, only that magic is present.

Last I checked, people were not objects.

Why aren't people objects? Bodies are composed of matter.

Anyway, what about objects carried by a person. Spending 15 seconds and asking if something a person carries is magical. I also think Sense Magic should work on people as well...

Peace420 · Post by **Peace420** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:14 pm

I don't think sense magic should be sense magical ability. For instance if you had a spell or a magic item on you and someone detects you then you should say yes. But if not and they detect you you answer no like anyone else does.

Ian_McAllister · Post by **Ian_McAllister** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:14 pm

Being one who sense magic, I have never assumed sense magic can sense magical ability, when I have sensed magic on people, it has been to determine if they have a magical aura or effect in them.. or I sense their equipment to see if they are magical..

Nelkie · Post by **Nelkie** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:26 am

For detect magic, should not all equipment that is magical be labeled on the tag as such? This is so a person can detect magic and see if the equipment is magical with out the owner being there.
I agree with Phil in how detect magic works.
As for tags for detect magic, I do not like the idea becasue it adds complexity because of a RP issue. Just update the skill so the person has to be touching the person or be x feet away for the skill to work as mentioned above.