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Re: biomancy questions

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daimaru wrote:How long does it take to put on light chitin armor? Is it like the light wood armor which takes 10 seconds?


It dosn't say, but given it'd be slightly heavier and less flexible, i'd say it takes a full melee round to put on properly.

If a biomancer wants to create a bioweapon that costs more PPE than he has, can he do it in several passes, as his PPE recovers?


Yes and No. It's not like item creation with a TW that can take place over weeks or months. on the other hand, the spell can be cast as a ritual, which allows for many people to participate, and to continuously draw from a ley line to do so.

How human are elves? Cant the two races crossbreed?


This is explicitly and unequivocally banned by the rules. humans and elves can never produce children no matter how many matings occur. genetically they are simply incompatible.
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daimaru wrote:Are they close enough physically and mentally that they would be interested in having sex together and enjoy it? Are they socially similar, in family lives?


as to the first, yes. as to the second, depends on the culture of elf and the culture of human your talking about now dosn't it?

daimaru wrote:Another question about biomancy occurs to me. It takes one melee round to activate a bio club. Does this mean that the biomancer has to spend 15 seconds concentrating on activating the club? Could he or she send the activation command and then do something else while the club "powers up"? If the biomancer has to concentrate for the whole melee round would an attack break their concentration like it would with a magic spell?


Yes, it takes 15 seconds, no they can't do anything else, yes they can be intterupted. Kind of a crappy weapon all around. but better than nothing.

daimaru wrote:Sorry, but yet another question. What are the lengths of the short, long, and quarter staves?


Nothing is ever specified or set. assume some are larger than others.
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Re: biomancy questions

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The only way for someone to have human and elf parents is if they're a human and one of their parents goes into that magic circle in PF that turns you into an elf, but you'd still just be a human not a half-elf like in Errant Story.
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