[UA] DNA Fleshworking (was: the Bullshitting Oui-ja Board)

[Epoch]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Piotr Pogorzelski wrote:

> >>>Could a fleshworker change his DNA to avoid forensic
> tests??
> I've got a character who's already under investigation for
> murder,
> who just blew up a building with 30 people inside....<<<
> 
> I'd say DNA is a too scientific concept to be twisted by
> magick, but since
> we're talking about post-modern magick, and because we're
> talking about
> Unknown Armies, I'd say an Adept could be tweaking his DNA
> by using some
> kind of symbolic explanation - DNA, for instance, is a
> symbol of identity, a
> thing that define who you are, that part of yourself that
> you cannot change...

Changing one's DNA sounds to me like it's well within the realm of
Fleshworking.  However, it would probably be fatal.  What's he going to
change it to?  I presume that he doesn't fully grok the map of human DNA,
and making willy-nilly changes to one's genome will likely be either a.)
ineffective or b.) spectacularly fatal.

This is a big problem since I presume that he wants to make a permenant
change to his body.  If he was in a situation where he could just change
some blood as it was drawn for the test, I'd think he could manage to do
effectively mask his DNA for minor-charge level magic.

Mike

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