No, they are separate rolls. Linker Core Strength and chance of Rare Skills are rolled normally, mutation roll is then two d6's, with a critical failure dropping the Linker Core Strength by one (I assume a D-rank ignores this)
kamkong is right. I took that penalty out a while back.
Conceivably that could cause more mutations, but that would not do anything to the Linker Core that was created.
I feel like these questions were asked just a short while ago. The answer to the first is no, and the second is yes.
No.
No. The Strike Boost spell can only be active once on a single target. You can have multiple SIMILAR effects happening at once (e.g., Missy could have Haste Mode, a Strike Boost MUTATION, and a Strike Boost SPELL all at the same time), but not the same effect multiple times.
It is a multiplication of force.
Im game. Your argument makes sense, and I can't think of a good counterargument. Strike Boost is effectively useless in Lacey's hands since she doesn't use it; why not replace it with somethinh useful?
That is certainly possible, but that was with Saint at the controls of Ascalon. Even at his most paranoid, Saint did accept that Dragon was currently a force for good in the world, so completely destroying any trace of her was his absolute last resort. Better to lock her down and get someone (Teacher) to remake her so any chance of her going evil was eliminated. I believe that Dragon in her Device body is actually free of all Richter's programming restrictions, but her self-duplication restriction was kept as an inherent part of Device technology. With this in mind, she likely has either removed the former Dragon program or has repurposed it to act as one of her subordinate AI's.
Not unless we track down a species of dwarf elephants in one of the other dimensions. Horse-size is the upper limit for GB/Familiars.
... If you use a tapir, its war farm could be more elephant-like in shape if not fully in size. Just remind me of this offer if you go with that.It's just too bad Shep is right out.
I would create a separate random table if you voted to look for animals in a specific area. I.e., there wouldn't be dogs or cats if you wanted to raid a zoo for an animal for a random GB, or any NORMAL animals if you went after a dino on Earth Gimel. I just need that specified, probably by using that as a social vote.
Cockroaches 28.2, where Saint is being interrogated.
This implies to me that Dragon could be restored to her previous level of functionality and sapience on that specific date by Saint. If things had been calmer, he likely would have gone public with the fact that Dragon was an AI, created support for himself and/or bought off enough people, and then keep Dragon "asleep" until at least one person of authority gave in and prepared to order her to cease removing her restrictions.
It can be if necessary, though obviously it's always better on her weapon. You'd need a Knight whose "weapon" was an unarmed strike to get full benefit of an attack boost on the fists.
Since Familiars and Defenders can buy their own spells and have access to Masteries, I have to say no.
So would that be a yes for the Guardian Beasts and the summon, since they can't access Masteries with their spells being preloaded and fixed?
It's still a no for GBs. The only exception is spells that GBs/Familiars/IDs gain from their mages, of which flight and the area searches are the only ones that come to mind.
