I tend to go for the latter

Question about Disguise Generators by Chliever on 2009-09-16 01:24:00 UTC Reply

The wiki's rather vague on this, so I thought I'd ask here: do disguise generators simply project the disguise like a hologram over the Agent, or do they actually alter the Agent's physiology?

I ask because, if the latter, I plan to make a plot point of it (about Chliever being unable to enter the Reality Room in human form due to all the diseases; being unable to do so causes him to miss something important).

If it's the former, I need to find a new plot point.

I tend to go for the latter by Rilwen Shadowflame on 2009-09-21 17:01:00 UTC Reply

I figure that the utterly insane PPC tech can help reconcile it: the ones who go for hologram just have a different DORKS model or some such.
I used the former. by Leto Haven on 2009-09-19 02:59:00 UTC Reply

As my agent is a cat. When we were in the HP universe, the disgues altered his apearence but he still had his tail. (that was interesting...)
The latter, I think. by Neshomeh on 2009-09-16 01:42:00 UTC Reply

The favorite example being the time that Jay and Acacia were Ents, got shot with arrows, and didn't mind (until they dropped the disguises). A similar thing happened when they were dragons and someone ate a Sue and regretted it after the disguises were dropped. However, it's not a complete change, as the agent's mind is mostly untouched by the disguise. Also, as seen above, I don't think you could use a disguise to repair an injury. Cover it up, yes; fix it, no.

I've described the disguise as an overlapping morphic field, but that's just my Discworld-influenced take on it. I'd wait for other input.

Did I start a Reality Room As Plot Device trend? {= p

~Neshomeh