October "Toby" Daye (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
memoryandtheft) wrote2016-09-01 10:53 pm
memoryandtheft) wrote2016-09-01 10:53 pm
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Toby's particular breed of fae have a few nifty sensory abilities, so I need some quick input.
1) She can detect the species (singular or plural) that make up someone's bloodline. This doesn't let her identify a specific individual, unless that individual's the only one of their kind, or give her a label for something she's never encountered before (she could tell that two members of species Unknown X are both Unknown X, but not that "Unknown X" is, say, waheela if she's never been told what a waheela is), but it does bypass illusions and most forms of shapeshifting.
2) She can smell an individual's magic. This does let her identify a specific person (or their spells), as everyone's magic has a unique scent that can't be faked or copied. Magical signatures are typically made up of two components. One of these is almost always plant-based, the other can be pretty much anything (metals, types of smoke, and precipitation are some of the more common canon examples, but there's no real limit).
1) She can detect the species (singular or plural) that make up someone's bloodline. This doesn't let her identify a specific individual, unless that individual's the only one of their kind, or give her a label for something she's never encountered before (she could tell that two members of species Unknown X are both Unknown X, but not that "Unknown X" is, say, waheela if she's never been told what a waheela is), but it does bypass illusions and most forms of shapeshifting.
2) She can smell an individual's magic. This does let her identify a specific person (or their spells), as everyone's magic has a unique scent that can't be faked or copied. Magical signatures are typically made up of two components. One of these is almost always plant-based, the other can be pretty much anything (metals, types of smoke, and precipitation are some of the more common canon examples, but there's no real limit).
Gail's PCs
What does your character's magic smell like? Lyall's shapeshifting smells like old blood, damp fur, and dry leaves. Jolie's smells like shadows and, hmm. Let's say poison ivy: California native, and more annoying than actually dangerous. Zoe's Atma virus smells like static electricity and scorched wood. Riddick I don't think has magic that can be smelled? She can smell the demon, maybe, which would I suppose smell like the LSD and hot steel.